Daughters of seclusion : the revelation of the Ibibio "fattened bride" as the icon of beauty and power / Imo Nse Imeh

Englisch

New York : Peter Lang, c2012

XXIV, 312 S : Ill ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index

978-1-4331-1532-5 hardcover : alk. paper

978-1-4331-1531-8 pbk. : alk. paper

978-1-4539-0542-5 e-book

The puppet and the girlTime : 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.

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.

*Ibibio / Weibliche Jugend / Initiation / Körperbild / Frauenideal

*Nigeria Süd / Ibibio / Weibliche Jugend / Initiation / Körperbild / Frauenideal

*Women, Ibibio -- Nigeria -- History ; Initiation rite -- Admission age ; Nigeria -- Social life and customs

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HQ1815.5

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 305.896/3640669;

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