Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures
Double Trouble, Twice Blessed
Herausgeber: Peek, Philip M
Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures
Double Trouble, Twice Blessed
Herausgeber: Peek, Philip M
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Peek and the contributors to this illuminating, multidisciplinary volume explore this rich cultural heritage by examining topics such as twins in artistic representation, twins and divination, and twins in performance, cosmology, religion, and popular culture.
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Peek and the contributors to this illuminating, multidisciplinary volume explore this rich cultural heritage by examining topics such as twins in artistic representation, twins and divination, and twins in performance, cosmology, religion, and popular culture.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Seitenzahl: 376
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 522g
- ISBN-13: 9780253223074
- ISBN-10: 0253223075
- Artikelnr.: 32728941
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Seitenzahl: 376
- Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 522g
- ISBN-13: 9780253223074
- ISBN-10: 0253223075
- Artikelnr.: 32728941
Philip M. Peek is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Drew University. He is editor of African Divination Systems (IUP, 1991).
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins / Philip M. Peek
Part 1. Roots
2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali / Pascal
James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato
3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in
Northwestern Namibia / Steven Van Wolputte
Part 2. Doubles and Dualities
4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère
Ìbejì) among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal
5. "Son Dos los Jimagüas" ("The Twins Are Two"): Worship of the Sacred
Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture / Ysamur Flores-Pena
6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human
Identities among the Win / Susan Cooksey
7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography
/ C. Angelo Micheli
Part 3. The Centrality of Liminality
8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and
Northeastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. Van Beek
9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians / Jan-Lodewijk
Grootaers
10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins /
Frederick John Lamp
11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance / Allen F.
Roberts
12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology / Mary Nooter
Roberts
Part 4. Transformations
13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou / Marilyn
Houlberg
14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé /
Stefania Capone
15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins / Elisha P. Renne
16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of
Political Power / Paulo Granjo
List of Contributors
Index
1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins / Philip M. Peek
Part 1. Roots
2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali / Pascal
James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato
3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in
Northwestern Namibia / Steven Van Wolputte
Part 2. Doubles and Dualities
4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère
Ìbejì) among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal
5. "Son Dos los Jimagüas" ("The Twins Are Two"): Worship of the Sacred
Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture / Ysamur Flores-Pena
6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human
Identities among the Win / Susan Cooksey
7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography
/ C. Angelo Micheli
Part 3. The Centrality of Liminality
8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and
Northeastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. Van Beek
9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians / Jan-Lodewijk
Grootaers
10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins /
Frederick John Lamp
11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance / Allen F.
Roberts
12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology / Mary Nooter
Roberts
Part 4. Transformations
13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou / Marilyn
Houlberg
14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé /
Stefania Capone
15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins / Elisha P. Renne
16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of
Political Power / Paulo Granjo
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins / Philip M. Peek
Part 1. Roots
2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali / Pascal
James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato
3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in
Northwestern Namibia / Steven Van Wolputte
Part 2. Doubles and Dualities
4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère
Ìbejì) among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal
5. "Son Dos los Jimagüas" ("The Twins Are Two"): Worship of the Sacred
Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture / Ysamur Flores-Pena
6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human
Identities among the Win / Susan Cooksey
7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography
/ C. Angelo Micheli
Part 3. The Centrality of Liminality
8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and
Northeastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. Van Beek
9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians / Jan-Lodewijk
Grootaers
10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins /
Frederick John Lamp
11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance / Allen F.
Roberts
12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology / Mary Nooter
Roberts
Part 4. Transformations
13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou / Marilyn
Houlberg
14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé /
Stefania Capone
15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins / Elisha P. Renne
16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of
Political Power / Paulo Granjo
List of Contributors
Index
1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins / Philip M. Peek
Part 1. Roots
2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali / Pascal
James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato
3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in
Northwestern Namibia / Steven Van Wolputte
Part 2. Doubles and Dualities
4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère
Ìbejì) among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal
5. "Son Dos los Jimagüas" ("The Twins Are Two"): Worship of the Sacred
Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture / Ysamur Flores-Pena
6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human
Identities among the Win / Susan Cooksey
7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography
/ C. Angelo Micheli
Part 3. The Centrality of Liminality
8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and
Northeastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. Van Beek
9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians / Jan-Lodewijk
Grootaers
10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins /
Frederick John Lamp
11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance / Allen F.
Roberts
12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology / Mary Nooter
Roberts
Part 4. Transformations
13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou / Marilyn
Houlberg
14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé /
Stefania Capone
15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins / Elisha P. Renne
16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of
Political Power / Paulo Granjo
List of Contributors
Index