The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland (1st ed. 2016) (African Histories and Modernities)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2016
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319301860
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319301853
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/16/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Augustine Agwuele
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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