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Author Rahier, Jean Muteba, 1959-

Title Kings for three days : the play of race and gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian festival / Jean Muteba Rahier.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Setting up the stage : contextualizing the Afro-Esmeraldian festival of the kings -- The village of Santo Domingo de Onzole and the period of preparation of the festival of the kings : the centrality of sexual dichotomy and role reversal -- The festival of the kings in Santo Domingo de Onzole -- The festival of the kings in La Tola -- Race, sexuality, and gender as they relate to the festival of the kings -- Performances and contexts of the play in January 2003 -- Conclusion : from the centrality of place in Esmeraldian ethnography to theoretical and methodological considerations for the study of festivities -- Glossary of Esmeraldian Spanish terms.
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Subject Black people -- Ecuador -- Esmeraldas (Province) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Black people.
Ecuador -- Esmeraldas (Province)
Rites and ceremonies.
Black people -- Race identity -- Ecuador -- Esmeraldas (Province)
Black people -- Race identity.
Epiphany -- Ecuador -- Esmeraldas (Province)
Epiphany.
Sex role -- Ecuador -- Esmeraldas (Province)
Sex role.
Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) -- Race relations.
Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Gender roles.
Other Form: Print version: Rahier, Jean Muteba, 1959- Kings for three days 9780252094729 (DLC) 2012040474 (OCoLC)814455408
ISBN 9780252094729 (electronic book)
0252094727 (electronic book)
9780252037511 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0252037510 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780252079016 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0252079019 (paperback ; alkaline paper)