{"product_id":"vigilant-things-9780295990736","title":"Vigilant Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging, frank, and insightful documentation of how insignificant things are transformed into art pieces in Yoruba cultural milieu, the author negates some Western myths about the Yoruba—specifically, that they are primitive and therefore lack development.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakuba * Journal of Folklore Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excitingly novel and broad discussion that explores creativity, social organization, symbolism, language, the nature of thievery, religion, and a host of other topics, all in ample cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMap 1. Yorubaland\u003cbr\u003e Map 2. Detal of Map 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Orthography\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Language and Translation\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Photography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 - Creating Aale\u003cbr\u003e Presence, Power, and the Past\u003cbr\u003e Palm Fronds (Mariwo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2 - Call-and-Response\u003cbr\u003e What We Look at and Remember\u003cbr\u003e Color (Awo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3 - Portraits and Punishments\u003cbr\u003e An Ontology of the Broken\u003cbr\u003e Corncobs (Suku Agbado)\u003cbr\u003e Snail Shells (Ikarawun Igbin)\u003cbr\u003e Brooms (Igbale)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda\u003cbr\u003e ... This Semblance of Persistence\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1 A history of aale, by babalawo Kolawole Oshitola\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2 The origin of aale in the divination orature of Ifa, by babalawo Ifarinwale Ogundiran \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3 A biography of Chief Apena Ajawesola Awala Omo Iyamokun, by himself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003e Works Consulted\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400919228759,"sku":"9780295990736","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295990736.jpg?v=1730471949","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vigilant-things-9780295990736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}