Masquerades of modernity : power and secrecy in Casamance, Senegal /
How do those on the margins of modernity face the challenges of globalization? This book demonstrates that secrecy is one of the means by which a society on the fringe of modernity produces itself as locality. Focusing on initiation rituals, masked performances and modern art, this study shows that...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute,
©2007.
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Series: | International African library ;
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