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Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity

“The author has succeeded in offering a rich, multi-layered, hybrid and highly original interweaving of theory issues of adornment, self-presentation and beauty in the lives of African women. It makes an important - and original - contribution to the scholarship on African and decolonial feminism.”...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Pan-African Psychologies
Subjects:
Clinical Psychology
Cross-cultural Psychology
Culture
Sex (psychology)
Psychoanalysis
Ethnology / Africa
Race And Ethnicity Studies
Race
Ethnopsychology
Psychology Of Gender And Sexuality
African Culture
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Representation of the feminine body
  • Chapter 3: The divine aspect of beauty
  • Chapter 4: Adornment and symbolism
  • Chapter 5: Adornment and social representation
  • Chapter 6: Masquerade and femininity
  • Chapter 7: Theoretico-clinical articulation and analysis
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion

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