Yoruba Ritual: Performers, Play, Agency
Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library
NOOK App
Download NOOK app
NOOK Devices
NOOK eReaders
- NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
- NOOK GlowLight 4e
- NOOK GlowLight 4
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
- NOOK GlowLight 3
- NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"
NOOK Tablets
- NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
- NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
- NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
- NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
- NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]
Free NOOK Reading Apps
- NOOK for iOS
- NOOK for Android
BN.com website
Go to your Digital Library in My Account
Yoruba peoples of southwestern Nigeria conceive of rituals as journeys --
sometimes actual, sometimes virtual. Performed as a parade or a procession, a
pilgrimage, a masking display, or possession trance, the journey evokes the
reflexive, progressive, transformative experience of ritual participation. Yoruba
Ritual is an original and provocative study of these practices. Using a performance
paradigm, Margaret Thompson Drewal forges a new theoretical and methodological
approach to the study ...























