Vigilant things : on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria

Vigilant things : on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria / David T. Doris.

"Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called ààlé to protect their properties from the ravages of thieves. Ààlé are objects of such unassuming appearance that a non-Yoruba viewer might not register their important presence in the Yoruba visual landscape. Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doris, David Todd
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Yoruba (African people) > Material culture.
Art, Yoruba.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Yoruba (African people) > Communication.
Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
ART > African.
Art, Yoruba
Philosophy, Yoruba
Yoruba (African people) > Social life and customs
Magie
Kunstethnologie
Alltag
Sachkultur
Yoruba
Nigeria
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Creating Ààlè
  • pt. 2. Call-and-response
  • pt. 3. Portraits and punishments.

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