Gẹlẹdẹ: Art and Female Power Among the YorubaIndiana University Press, 1983 - 306 pages ..". an exceptionally rich source for all those interested in symbolic, religious or social studies." -- Tribus ..". an excellent book... fascinating to read." -- Research in African Literatures ..". a volume that establishes the standards by which future works on the masked festivals of the Yoruba and other Sub-Saharan African peoples will be judged." -- African Arts ..". the most sophisticated art historical analysis of a single African aesthetic tradition." -- Tribal Arts Review |
Contents
Gelede Performance | 17 |
Efe SongsVoicing Power | 38 |
The Masks and Costumes of Efe Night | 62 |
Texturing Time and Space | 105 |
The Masks of Gelede | 152 |
A Historical and Thematic Overview | 221 |
Gelede and the Individual | 247 |
Notes on Text | 271 |
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Other editions - View all
Gẹlẹdẹ: Art and Female Power Among the Yoruba Henry John Drewal,Margaret Thompson Drewal No preview available - 1990 |
Common terms and phrases
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