The Symbolism and Communicative Contents of Dreadlocks in Yorubaland African Histories and Moderni
by [Agwuele, Augustine]
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This book offers an interpretation of Yoruba people's affective responses to an adult Yoruba male with a 'deviant' hairstyle. The work, which views hairstyles as a form of symbolic communicative signal that encodes messages that are perceived and interpreted within a culture, provides an ontological and epistemological interpretation of Yoruba beliefs regarding dreadlocks with real-life illustrations of their treatment of an adult male with what they term irun were (insane person's hairdo). Based on experiential observations as well as socio-cultural and linguistic analyses, the book explores the dynamism of Yoruba worldview regarding head-hair within contemporary belief systems and discusses some of the factors that assure its continuity. It concludes with a cross-cultural comparison of the perceptions of dreadlocks, especially between Nigerian Yoruba people an
d African American Yoruba practitioners.
Product Details
- Palgrave Macmillan Brand
- Aug 22, 2016 Pub Date:
- 9783319301853 ISBN-13:
- 3319301853 ISBN-10:
- 219.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.75 in * 6.25 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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