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02524aam a2200409 i 4500 001 E9AC3A74B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 191211s2020 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019056869 020 $a 1569026270 020 $a 9781569026274 020 $a 1569026262 020 $a 9781569026267 035 $a (OCoLC)1131883122 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BL2480.Y6 $b C36 2020 082 00 $a 299.6/8333 $2 23 100 1 $a Campbell, Bolaji, $e author. 245 10 $a Fabric of immortality : $b ancestral power, performance, and agency in Egungun artistry / $c Bolaji Campbell. 264 1 $a Trenton, New Jersey : $b Africa World Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xvii, 211 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Fabric of Immortality focuses on Egungun masking, a unique cultural tradition practiced by the Yoruba of West Africa and their descendants in the African Diaspora, particularly in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Trinidad, Venezuela and the United States of America. Egungun performances provide a vehicle and arena for dialogic reflections and celebrations, parody and play, and communication between the living and the departed, the seen and the unseen, upon which the stability of the human community and the universe is dependent. A great many varieties of these masks celebrate the guild of hunters and warriors, legendary heroes and heroines and founding ancestors including the legion of divinities straddling the landscape of Yoruba universe"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Origin : myths, legends, and history -- The role of women in the consecration rituals of Egungun -- Colors, materials, forms, and symbolism -- Egungun at Oyotunji African Village, Sheldon, South Carolina -- Egungun at the diasporic crossroad. 650 0 $a Egungun (Cult) 650 0 $a Yoruba (African people) $x Religion. 650 0 $a Yoruba (African people) $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Masks, Yoruba. 650 7 $a Egungun (Cult) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00904004 650 7 $a Masks, Yoruba. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011123 650 7 $a Yoruba (African people) $x Religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01182993 650 7 $a Yoruba (African people) $x Social life and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01182998 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E9AC3A74B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search