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Author Doris, David Todd.

Title Vigilant things [electronic resource] : on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria / David T. Doris.

Imprint Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xx, 420 p. : col. ill., maps, col., ports.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Creating Aale -- pt. 2. Call-and-response -- pt. 3. Portraits and punishments.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Yoruba (African people) -- Material culture.
Art, Yoruba.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Yoruba (African people) -- Communication.
Yoruba (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780295990736 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780295802497 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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