{"product_id":"masquerades-of-modernity-9780748633197","title":"Masquerades of Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRitual, art and secrecy in Casamance, Senegal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDe Jong's work covers a diverse array of subjects in the Casamance region of Senegal, a multi-ethnic region in the sway of global modernity, including initiation ceremonies, age-sets and gendering, Islamisation, state formation, civil unrest, and the commoditisation of performance as 'heritage'. [It offers] a solid and thought-provoking engagement with contemporary theoreticians. Nicolas Argenti, Brunel University -- Social Anthropology 17\/4 De Jong's work covers a diverse array of subjects in the Casamance region of Senegal, a multi-ethnic region in the sway of global modernity, including initiation ceremonies, age-sets and gendering, Islamisation, state formation, civil unrest, and the commoditisation of performance as 'heritage'. [It offers] a solid and thought-provoking engagement with contemporary theoreticians. Nicolas Argenti, Brunel University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I Introduction; Power of Secrecy; Part II Transitions; Jola Initiations, Gendered Localities; Out of Diaspora, Into the Forest; The Politics of Representation; Part III: Trajectories; Mandinko Initiation: The Making of an Urban Locality; Secrecy, Sacrilege and the State; Part IV Traces; Masquerade and Migration; The Art of Tradition; Writing Secrecy.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404483240279,"sku":"9780748633197","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748633197.jpg?v=1730486608","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/masquerades-of-modernity-9780748633197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}