Daughters of seclusion
Subtitle: the revelation of the Ibibio "fattened bride" as the icon of beauty and power
By: Imo Nse Imeh
Series: Black studies and critical thinking -- v. 29
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781433115325; 9781433115318; 9781453905425
Subjects: Social life and customs; Admission age; Initiation rite; Ibibio Women; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface: the beauty/character binary : a note about "beautiful maidens"; title: Introduction to Mbopo ritual; title: Anatomy of beauty : uyai mbopo revealed through time, transformation, and; title: Transition; title: The puppet and the girl; title: Time : a culture of initiation and aesthetics of seclusion; title: Ekuk Mbopo; title: Nwo-nwo : the seclusion of little girls; title: Ekuk Mbopo at the Ebiene Atai village; title: The school for womanhood; title: Transformation : Mbopo as the portrayer/progenitor of sanguinity and extravagance; title: Body inscriptions and the wellness performance; title: Adorning comfort; title: Transition : from the enclosure to the marketplace : indelible marks of femininity; title: Impressions of seclusion; title: The clitoridectomy rite; title: The staging of a female icon; title: The scepter and the flywhisk : Mbopo theatre, corporeal dialogues, and the revelation of the bride; title: Mechanisms in Uyai : rewriting her body with accouterments of beauty and power; title: Power symbols; title: The crest and the crown; title: The Uyai anointing; title: Mbopo nation : returnee mbopo and the emergence of objective interpretation; title: The story of Akon Ekwere; title: Contemporary iterations and bride residue; title: Conclusion: new possibilities in Mbopo discourse; title: Glossary; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.