Four New World Yoruba Rituals
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Four New World Yoruba Rituals
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Author : John Mason
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Four New World Yoruba Rituals written by John Mason and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Rites and ceremonies categories.
Four New World Yor B Rituals
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Author : John Mason
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Four New World Yor B Rituals written by John Mason and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Yoruba (African people) categories.
Divining The Self
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Author : Velma E. Love
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-06-29
Divining The Self written by Velma E. Love and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-29 with Religion categories.
Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.
Black Gods Ori A Studies In The New World
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Author : Gary Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Black Gods Ori A Studies In The New World written by Gary Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Religion categories.
Making The Gods In New York
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Author : Mary Cuthrell Curry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-12
Making The Gods In New York written by Mary Cuthrell Curry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-12 with History categories.
Over the last 35 years, practice of Santeria and the Yoruba religion in the United States has grown as the result of African American search for identity and large scale Cuban migration. While the ritual and belief systems of Santeria and the Yoruba Religion are essentially the same, the practical religion of both differs. Both center around questions of group identity and the concerns of their practitioners. This book focuses on the changes in the Yoruba Practical Religion of the Converted in the African American community. Through insighful attention to rich ethnographic detail, the author explores the beliefs, practices, and rituals of this religious community.
Santeria Enthroned
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Author : David H. Brown
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2003-10-15
Santeria Enthroned written by David H. Brown and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-15 with Art categories.
Ever since its emergence in colonial-era Cuba, Afro-Cuban Santería (or Lucumí) has displayed a complex dynamic of continuity and change in its institutions, rituals, and iconography. In Santería Enthroned, David H. Brown combines art history, cultural anthropology, and ethnohistory to show how Africans and their descendants have developed novel forms of religious practice in the face of relentless oppression. Focusing on the royal throne as a potent metaphor in Santería belief and practice, Brown shows how negotiation among ideologically competing interests have shaped the religion's symbols, rituals, and institutions from the nineteenth century to the present. Rich case studies of change in Cuba and the United States, including a New Jersey temple and South Carolina's Oyotunji Village, reveal patterns of innovation similar to those found among rival Yoruba kingdoms in Nigeria. Throughout, Brown argues for a theoretical perspective on culture as a field of potential strategies and "usable pasts" that actors draw upon to craft new forms and identities—a perspective that will be invaluable to all students of the African Diaspora. American Acemy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion (Analytical-Descriptive Category)
Ob Agb N
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Author : Miguel Willie Ramos
language : en
Publisher: Miguel "Willie" Ramos
Release Date : 2012
Ob Agb N written by Miguel Willie Ramos and has been published by Miguel "Willie" Ramos this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
English-Language Book. This book is an in-depth and analytical study of Lukumí Obí Divination. In addition, it is intended to serve as a practical guide for the young olorisha.
Diaspora And Visual Culture
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Author : Nicholas Mirzoeff
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-04
Diaspora And Visual Culture written by Nicholas Mirzoeff and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-04 with Art categories.
This is the first book to examine the connections between diaspora - the movement, whether forced or voluntary, of a nation or group of people from one homeland to another - and its representations in visual culture. Two foundational articles by Stuart Hall and the painter R.B. Kitaj provide points of departure for an exploration of the meanings of diaspora for cultural identity and artistic practice. A distinguished group of contributors, who include Alan Sinfield, Irit Rogoff, and Eunice Lipton, address the rich complexity of diasporic cultures and art, but with a focus on the visual culture of the Jewish and African diasporas. Individual articles address the Jewish diaspora and visual culture from the 19th century to the present, and work by African American and Afro-Brazilian artists.
If Divination Knowledge Power And Performance
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Author : Jacob K. Olupona
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-29
If Divination Knowledge Power And Performance written by Jacob K. Olupona and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with Religion categories.
This landmark volume compiled by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun brings readers into the diverse world of Ifá—its discourse, ways of thinking, and artistic expression as manifested throughout the Afro-Atlantic. Firmly rooting Ifá within African religious traditions, the essays consider Ifá and Ifá divination from the perspectives of philosophy, performance studies, and cultural studies. They also examine the sacred context, verbal art, and the interpretation of Ifá texts and philosophy. With essays from the most respected scholars in the field, the book makes a substantial contribution toward understanding Ifá and its role in contemporary Yoruba and diaspora cultures.
Yoruba Ritual
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Author : Margaret Thompson Drewal
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1992-03-22
Yoruba Ritual written by Margaret Thompson Drewal and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-03-22 with History categories.
Yoruba peoples of southwestern Nigeria conceive of rituals as journeys -- sometimes actual, sometimes virtual. Performed as a parade or a procession, a pilgrimage, a masking display, or possession trance, the journey evokes the reflexive, progressive, transformative experience of ritual participation. Yoruba Ritual is an original and provocative study of these practices. Using a performance paradigm, Margaret Thompson Drewal forges a new theoretical and methodological approach to the study of ritual that is thoroughly grounded in close analysis of the thoughts and actions of the participants. Challenging traditional notions of ritual as rigid, stereotypic, and invariant, Drewal reveals ritual to be progressive, transformative, generative, and reflexive and replete with simultaneity, multifocality, contingency, indeterminacy, and intertextuality. Throughout the book prominence is given to the intentionality of actors as knowledgeable agents who transform ritual itself through play and improvisation. Integral to the narrative are interpolations about performances and their meanings by Kolawole Ositola, a scholar of Yoruba oral tradition, ritual practitioner, diviner, and master performer. Rich descriptions of rituals relating to birth, death, reincarnation, divination, and constructions of gender are rendered all the more vivid by a generous selection of field photos of actual performances.