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The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland



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Palgrave Macmillan


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African Histories and Modernities

Paru le : 2016-08-13



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This book offers an interpretation of Yoruba people’s affective responses to an adult Yoruba male with a ‘deviant’ hairstyle. The work, which views hairstyles as a form of symbolic communicative signal that encodes messages that are perceived and interpreted within a culture, provides an ontological and epistemological interpretation of Yoruba beliefs regarding dreadlocks with real-life illustrations of their treatment of an adult male with what they term irun were (insane person’s hairdo). Based on experiential observations as well as socio-cultural and linguistic analyses, the book explores the dynamism of Yoruba worldview regarding head-hair within contemporary belief systems and discusses some of the factors that assure its continuity. It concludes with a cross-cultural comparison of the perceptions of dreadlocks, especially between Nigerian Yoruba people and African American Yoruba practitioners.
Pages
210 pages
Collection
African Histories and Modernities
Parution
2016-08-13
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783319301853
EAN PDF
9783319301860
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
21
Taille du fichier
2294 Ko
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52,74 €
EAN EPUB
9783319301860
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
21
Taille du fichier
512 Ko
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Prix
52,74 €

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