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Peter Lang, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Language
English
Pages
312

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Admission age, Initiation rite, Ibibio Women, History, Women, nigeria, Initiation rites, Nigeria, social life and customs
Places
Nigeria

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface: the beauty/character binary : a note about "beautiful maidens"
Introduction to Mbopo ritual
Anatomy of beauty : uyai mbopo revealed through time, transformation, and
Transition
The puppet and the girl
Time : a culture of initiation and aesthetics of seclusion
Ekuk Mbopo
Nwo-nwo : the seclusion of little girls
Ekuk Mbopo at the Ebiene Atai village
The school for womanhood
Transformation : Mbopo as the portrayer/progenitor of sanguinity and extravagance
Body inscriptions and the wellness performance
Adorning comfort
Transition : from the enclosure to the marketplace : indelible marks of femininity
Impressions of seclusion
The clitoridectomy rite
The staging of a female icon
The scepter and the flywhisk : Mbopo theatre, corporeal dialogues, and the revelation of the bride
Mechanisms in Uyai : rewriting her body with accouterments of beauty and power
Power symbols
The crest and the crown
The Uyai anointing
Mbopo nation : returnee mbopo and the emergence of objective interpretation
The story of Akon Ekwere
Contemporary iterations and bride residue
Conclusion: new possibilities in Mbopo discourse
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
Black studies and critical thinking -- v. 29

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305.896/3640669
Library of Congress
HQ1815.5 .I56 2012, HQ1815.5.I56 2012

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p. cm.
Number of pages
312

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OL25223778M
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9781433115325, 9781433115318, 9781453905425
LCCN
2012006058
OCLC/WorldCat
778636704

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