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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| Médium: | E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2016
Springer International Publishing AG Springer |
| Vydání: | 1 |
| Edice: | African Histories and Modernities |
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| ISBN: | 3319301861, 9783319301860, 9783319301853, 3319301853 |
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| Shrnutí: | 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 an
d African American Yoruba practitioners. |
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| ISBN: | 3319301861 9783319301860 9783319301853 3319301853 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-30186-0 |