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010 _z 2020007555
020 _a9781787447202
020 _z9781580469845
035 _a(OCoLC)1154627663
040 _aMdBmJHUP
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050 0 4 _aGT4289.A358
_bN56 2020
082 0 _a394.26966
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100 1 _aNjoku, Raphael Chijioke,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWest African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals
_bHistory, Memory, and Transnationalism /
_cRaphael Chijioke Njoku.
264 1 _bUniversity of Rochester Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
490 0 _aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora,
_x1092-5228 ;
_v88
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAfrican diaspora.
650 0 _aMasks, African.
650 0 _aCarnival
_zWest Indies.
650 0 _aCarnival
_zAfrica, West.
650 0 _aMasquerades
_zWest Indies.
650 0 _aMasquerades
_zAfrica, West.
651 0 _aWest Indies
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aAfrica, West
_xSocial life and customs.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aRochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;
_vv. 88.
_x10925228
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/75848/
999 _c26818
_d26818