Ironic Reversals: Gender, Power, and Sacrality in Ilé-Ifẹ̀
Olupona’s “indigenous hermeneutic” offers a privileged guided journey into the dense ritual space of a vital city. I underscore a subtle leitmotif—gender and female agency—running throughout this interpretive account to show women’s power to be both a sustaining force and source of ironic reversals...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Pages: 465-476 |
| Further subjects: | B
female genital power
B Ifá B Tradition B Ilé-Ifẹ̀ B gender and power B òriṣà B Yorùbá |
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| Summary: | Olupona’s “indigenous hermeneutic” offers a privileged guided journey into the dense ritual space of a vital city. I underscore a subtle leitmotif—gender and female agency—running throughout this interpretive account to show women’s power to be both a sustaining force and source of ironic reversals in the fate of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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