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Author Doris, David Todd.

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

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 420 pages) : color illustrations, maps, color, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Creating Ààlè -- pt. 2. Call-and-response -- pt. 3. Portraits and punishments.
Summary "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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Yoruba (African people) -- Material culture.
Yoruba (African people)
Material culture.
Art, Yoruba.
Art, Yoruba.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Yoruba (African people) -- Communication.
Communication.
Yoruba (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Yoruba (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Doris, David Todd. Vigilant things. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011009697
ISBN 9780295802497 (electronic book)
0295802499 (electronic book)
9780295990736 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0295990732 (hardback ; alkaline paper)