Resilient rituals : Krobo initiation and the politics of culture in Ghana / Marijke Steegstra.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Steegstra, Marijke.

Series:

Modernity and belonging ; Bd. 3.

Modernity and belonging ; Bd. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krobo (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Krobo (African people).

Krobo (African people)--Religion.

Puberty rites--Ghana.

Puberty rites.

Rites and ceremonies.

Ghana.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xviii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Lit, [2004]

Summary:

How should modern Ghanaians relate to "culture?" This is a hotly debated issue in Ghana, where the annual performance of the initiation rites for Krobo girls (dipo) is highly contested. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork and missionary and colonial archives. Steegstra shows how the contemporary performance of dipo relates to and is shaped by Krobo encounters with missionary Christianity, colonial intervention, and modern nationalism. Krobo responses to global processes of change involved considerable resistance, and over time, ongoing local struggles but also a pursuit of cultural resilience.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Mountain dwellers in the plains

3. 'A mighty obstacle to the gospel' : Basel missionaries and paganising dipo

4. A break with 'the past'? : the eviction from the mountain home and criminalising dipo

5. 'Every year around Easter' : the dynamics of Krobo religion

6. 'First the custom, then baptise' : life cycle rituals, Christianity and personhood

7. 'A pure Krobo' : proudly performing dipo

8. Debating dipo : discourses of culture in Ghana

9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Thesis (doctoral)--University, Nijmegen, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-348).

Other Format:

Online version: Steegstra, Marijke. Resilient rituals.

ISBN:

3825877868

9783825877866

OCLC:

56198334