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Nomads who cultivate beauty : Wod̳aab̳e dances and visual arts in Niger / by Mette Bovin.
Penn Museum Library DT547.45.B67 B68 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bovin, Mette.
- Language:
- Danish
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bororo (African people)--Clothing--Niger.
- Bororo (African people).
- Clothing and dress.
- Aesthetics, Nomadic.
- Nomads.
- Manners and customs.
- Dance.
- Niger.
- Dance--Niger.
- Bororo (African people)--Niger--Social life and customs.
- Nomads--Niger.
- Aesthetics, Nomadic--Niger.
- Physical Description:
- 110 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Uppsala, Sweden : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2001.
- Language Note:
- Summary in Danish.
- Summary:
- Why do West Africa's Woodabe men use mirrors and make-up? Why do the Woodabe hold beauty parades for men? What is the meaning of their elaborate cultivation of beauty in make-up, tattoos, body paintings, calabash carvings, embroideries, and architecture? And why are they often misunderstood by outsiders? The answers are provided in this book by anthropologist Mette Bovin.
- The author does not see Woodabe dances and visual arts as exotic, but as spaces for social action and identity politics. An emphasis is placed on the gendered aspects of social life and identity construction. Beauty and existence are linked.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79).
- ISBN:
- 9171064672
- OCLC:
- 46421450
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