An edition of Vigilant things
(2011)
Vigilant things
on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria
by David Todd Doris
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"Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called ààlé to protect their properties from the ravages of thieves. Ààlé are objects of such unassuming appearance that a non-Yoruba viewer might not register their important presence in the Yoruba visual landscape. David T. Doris argues that ààlé are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life" --Publisher description.
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Vigilant things: on thieves, Yoruba anti-aesthetics, and the strange fates of ordinary objects in Nigeria
2011, University of Washington Press
in English
0295990732 9780295990736
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