Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity / by Ismahan Soukeyna Diop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna.

Series:

Pan-African Psychologies, 2523-8272

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Clinical psychology.

Ethnology--Africa.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Ethnopsychology.

Race.

Sex (Psychology).

Clinical Psychology.

African Culture.

Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality.

Local Subjects:

Psychoanalysis.

Clinical Psychology.

African Culture.

Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Psychology of Gender and Sexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Summary:

“The author has succeeded in offering a rich, multi-layered, hybrid and highly original interweaving of theory issues of adornment, self-presentation and beauty in the lives of African women. It makes an important - and original - contribution to the scholarship on African and decolonial feminism.” —Derek Hook, Associate Professor in Psychology at Duquesne University, USA, and Extraordinary Professor in Psychology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. This book draws on a unique theoretical framework informed by clinical case studies, Fanonian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, and decolonial feminism, to examine the concept of adornment in African cultures. The book discusses the construction of aesthetic feminine ideals and the evolution of such ideals within the history of colonization, decolonization and globalization. Through the analysis of adornments including accessories, hairstyle, clothes and fabric, the author demonstrates how they can reflect social status, and also addresses its symbolic function in rituals. At the level of the individual, it draws on clinical case studies to examine the Lacanian theory of adornment and masquerade of femininity, and the extent to which this echoes ambivalent attitudes towards women in society at large. In doing so it provides a nuanced analysis which reveals how body adornment can be a paradoxical demonstration of both strength and weakness. Building on the author’s previous work in this area, this book offers an important contribution to current debates in psychoanalysis, cultural studies, critical race theory and decolonial feminism. Ismahan Soukeyna Diop, is a teacher and researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal. Dr Diop’s work and practice focuses on women, femininity, maternity, and the integration of tales in psychotherapy. She is also the author of African Mythology, Femininity, and Maternity (2019).

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Representation of the feminine body

Chapter 3: The divine aspect of beauty

Chapter 4: Adornment and symbolism

Chapter 5: Adornment and social representation

Chapter 6: Masquerade and femininity

Chapter 7: Theoretico-clinical articulation and analysis

Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Other Format:

Print version: Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity

ISBN:

9783031287480

OCLC:

1378393478