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Examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; and, divination and social change.

Table of Contents
I. Interpreting the Trickster
II. Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness
III. Legba: Master of the Fon Dialectic
IV. Legba and Eshu: Writers of Destiny
V. Ogo-Yurugu: Lord of the Random, Servant of Wholeness
VI. Toward a Theory of the Trickster

Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index

The Trickster in West Africa

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 21/09/1989
      ISBN13: 9780520067912, 978-0520067912
      ISBN10: 0520067916
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; and, divination and social change.

      Table of Contents
      I. Interpreting the Trickster
      II. Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness
      III. Legba: Master of the Fon Dialectic
      IV. Legba and Eshu: Writers of Destiny
      V. Ogo-Yurugu: Lord of the Random, Servant of Wholeness
      VI. Toward a Theory of the Trickster

      Appendix
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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