{"product_id":"arts-of-being-yoruba-9780253026491","title":"Arts of Being Yoruba","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArts of Being Yoruba \u003c\/i\u003eis timely and strategic. It is a commendable output, which makes pronouncements that further rekindles hope and sustained interest in African cultural studies generally.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn uniting various themes and topics, the book creates a tool and methodology to rethink interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, hybridity, and modernity. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArts of Being Yorùbá\u003c\/em\u003e is a needed contribution to Yorùbá studies and a welcome rejoinder to a more culturally essentialist understanding of what it means to be – or not be – Yorùbá.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Modern African Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will remain an unparalleled prestigious excavation of the very best in Yorùbá artistic, literary, cultural, and philosophical studies for many years to come. It belongs in every Yorùbá household as well as in the archives of Yorùbá social and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Research in African Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. \"Writing\" and \"Reference\" in Ifaì Divination Chants\u003cbr\u003e2. Culture, Meaning, Proverbs \u003cbr\u003e3. Reading, Writing, and Epistemic Instability in Faìguìnwa's Novels\u003cbr\u003e4. Sex, Gender, and Plot in FaìguìnwaÌ's Adventures\u003cbr\u003e5. Lost in Translation: IÌsòoÌòlaì's \u003ci\u003eEòfuìnsòetaìn AniìwuìraÌ \u003c\/i\u003eand YoruÌbaì Woman-Being\u003cbr\u003e6. From Orality to Visuality: Photography and the Panegyric in Contemporary YoruÌbaì Culture\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Book Launching as Cultural Affirmations\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400568480087,"sku":"9780253026491","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253026491.jpg?v=1730471002","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arts-of-being-yoruba-9780253026491","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}