Vessels of Power: the Dialectical Symbolism of Power in Yoruba Religion and Polity - Part Two
Abstract
Part Two of Master's thesis in Anthropology at the University of Chicago, award the
Roy D. Albert Prize for Excellence in the Study of Anthropology. Concerns the history
of vessels and metaphors of containment and "mounting" in the delegation of sacred
and political power in Yorubaland.
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J. Lorand Matory
Lawrence Richardson Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Specialties
Anthropology & History, Africa, African Diaspora, Transnationalism, Social Theory
Research Summary
Anthropology of religion, of ethnicity, of education and of social theory; history
and theory of anthropology; African and African-inspired religions around the Atlantic
perimeter; ethnic diversity in the African-descended population of the US; tertiary
education as a culture; gender, religion and politics; transnationalis
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