West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals History, Memory, and Transnationalism

"A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : Boydell & Brewer 2020
2020.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88.
Subjects:
African diaspora.
Masks, African.
Carnival > West Indies.
Carnival > Africa, West.
Masquerades > West Indies.
Masquerades > Africa, West.
West Indies > Social life and customs.
Africa, West > Social life and customs.
West Africa
traditions
Diaspora
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423647906719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • On Origins of Masking: History, Memory, and Ritual Observances
  • Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland
  • Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE
  • Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800
  • Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas:Symbols and Meanings
  • Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary Practices
  • Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms
  • Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering.

Similar Items