Adeleke Adeeko

Broschiertes Buch

Arts of Being Yoruba

Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

Beschreibung

There is a culturally significant way of being Yoruba that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations--no matter where in the world they take place. Adeleke Adek documents Yoruba patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yoruba in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifa divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adeeko contends that being Yoruba is indeed an art and Yoruba-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yoruba people inhabit an increasingly globalized world.

Autor

Adélékè Adéèk is Humanities Distinguished Professor in the English and African American and African Studies departments at Ohio State University. He is the author of Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature and The Slave's Rebellion: Literature, History, Orature (IUP).

Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780253026491
• ISBN-10: 0253026490
• Artikelnr.: 45634419