West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism /
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke,
West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku. - 1 online resource - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 88 1092-5228 ; . - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781787447202 1787447200
22573/ctv113nxfg JSTOR
Masquerades--Africa, West.
Masquerades--West Indies.
Carnival--Africa, West.
Carnival--West Indies.
Masks, African.
African diaspora.
HISTORY--General.--Africa
African diaspora.
Carnival.
Manners and customs.
Masks, African.
Masquerades.
Africa, West--Social life and customs.
West Indies--Social life and customs.
West Africa.
West Indies.
Electronic books.
GT4289.A358 / N56 2020eb
394.26966
West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku. - 1 online resource - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 88 1092-5228 ; . - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 88. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781787447202 1787447200
22573/ctv113nxfg JSTOR
Masquerades--Africa, West.
Masquerades--West Indies.
Carnival--Africa, West.
Carnival--West Indies.
Masks, African.
African diaspora.
HISTORY--General.--Africa
African diaspora.
Carnival.
Manners and customs.
Masks, African.
Masquerades.
Africa, West--Social life and customs.
West Indies--Social life and customs.
West Africa.
West Indies.
Electronic books.
GT4289.A358 / N56 2020eb
394.26966