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Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and Performance.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African Expressive Cultures SeriesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (390 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253018960
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and PerformanceDDC classification:
  • 299.6/8333
LOC classification:
  • BF1779.I4I347 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Ifá Orature: Its Interpretation and Translation -- 1 Ayajo as Ifá in Mythical and Sacred Contexts -- 2 Continuity and Change in the Verbal, Artistic, Ritualistic, and Performance Traditions of Ifá Divination -- 3 Recasting Ifá: Historicity and Recursive Recollection in Ifá Divination Texts -- 4 Ifá, Knowledge, Performance, the Sacred, and the Medium -- 5 "Writing" and "Reference" in Ifá -- PART II. Ifá as Knowledge: Theoretical Questions and Concerns -- 6 Ifá: Sixteen Odù, Sixteen Questions -- 7 Kín N'Ifá Wí?: Philosophical Issues in Ifá Divination -- 8 Diviner as Explorer: The Afuwape Paradigm -- 9 "The Hunter Thinks the Monkey Is Not Wise. The Monkey Is Wise, But Has Its Own Logic": Multiple Divination Systems and Multiple Knowledge Systems in Yorùbá Religious Life -- 10 Dagbon, Oyo, Kongo: Critical and Comparative Reflections on Sacrifice -- 11 Ifá: The Quintessential Builder of Our Bank of Images -- 12 Odù Imole: Islamic Tradition in Ifá and the Yorùbá Religious Imagination -- PART III. Ifá in the Afro-Atlantic -- 13 Ifá Divination as Sacred Compass for Reading Self and World -- 14 Ìtan Odù Òní: Tales of Strivers Today -- 15 Orunmila's Faithful Dog: Transmitting Sacred Knowledge in a Lucumí Orisha Tradition -- 16 Mofá and the Oba: Translation of Ifá Epistemology in the Afro-Cuban Dilogún -- 17 The Pai-de-santo and the Babaláwo: Religious Interaction and Ritual Rearrangements within Orisha Religion -- 18 The Role of Women in the Ifá Priesthood: Inclusion versus Exclusion -- 19 Transnational Ifá: The "Readings of the Year" and Contemporary Economies of Orisa Knowledge -- PART IV. Sacred Art in Ifá -- 20 The Creatures of Ifá -- 21 Of Color, Character, Attributes, and Values of Orunmila -- 22 Signs, Doors, and Games: Divination's Dynamic Visual Canon.
23 Ifá: Visual and Sensorial Aspects -- 24 Art, Culture, and Creativity: The Representation of Ifá in Yorùbá Video Films -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: With essays from the most respected scholars in the field, the book makes a substantial contribution toward understanding Ifá and its role in contemporary Yoruba and diaspora cultures.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Ifá Orature: Its Interpretation and Translation -- 1 Ayajo as Ifá in Mythical and Sacred Contexts -- 2 Continuity and Change in the Verbal, Artistic, Ritualistic, and Performance Traditions of Ifá Divination -- 3 Recasting Ifá: Historicity and Recursive Recollection in Ifá Divination Texts -- 4 Ifá, Knowledge, Performance, the Sacred, and the Medium -- 5 "Writing" and "Reference" in Ifá -- PART II. Ifá as Knowledge: Theoretical Questions and Concerns -- 6 Ifá: Sixteen Odù, Sixteen Questions -- 7 Kín N'Ifá Wí?: Philosophical Issues in Ifá Divination -- 8 Diviner as Explorer: The Afuwape Paradigm -- 9 "The Hunter Thinks the Monkey Is Not Wise. The Monkey Is Wise, But Has Its Own Logic": Multiple Divination Systems and Multiple Knowledge Systems in Yorùbá Religious Life -- 10 Dagbon, Oyo, Kongo: Critical and Comparative Reflections on Sacrifice -- 11 Ifá: The Quintessential Builder of Our Bank of Images -- 12 Odù Imole: Islamic Tradition in Ifá and the Yorùbá Religious Imagination -- PART III. Ifá in the Afro-Atlantic -- 13 Ifá Divination as Sacred Compass for Reading Self and World -- 14 Ìtan Odù Òní: Tales of Strivers Today -- 15 Orunmila's Faithful Dog: Transmitting Sacred Knowledge in a Lucumí Orisha Tradition -- 16 Mofá and the Oba: Translation of Ifá Epistemology in the Afro-Cuban Dilogún -- 17 The Pai-de-santo and the Babaláwo: Religious Interaction and Ritual Rearrangements within Orisha Religion -- 18 The Role of Women in the Ifá Priesthood: Inclusion versus Exclusion -- 19 Transnational Ifá: The "Readings of the Year" and Contemporary Economies of Orisa Knowledge -- PART IV. Sacred Art in Ifá -- 20 The Creatures of Ifá -- 21 Of Color, Character, Attributes, and Values of Orunmila -- 22 Signs, Doors, and Games: Divination's Dynamic Visual Canon.

23 Ifá: Visual and Sensorial Aspects -- 24 Art, Culture, and Creativity: The Representation of Ifá in Yorùbá Video Films -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

With essays from the most respected scholars in the field, the book makes a substantial contribution toward understanding Ifá and its role in contemporary Yoruba and diaspora cultures.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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