The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland

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...

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Main Author:	Agwuele, Augustine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 2016 Springer International Publishing AG Springer
Edition:	1
Series:	African Histories and Modernities
Subjects:	Africa-Politics and government African Culture African Politics Cultural History Dreadlocks Hairstyles HISTORY History of Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN:	3319301861, 9783319301860, 9783319301853, 3319301853
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