West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals : History, Memory, and Transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; 88 | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • 9781787447202
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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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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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.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher

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