{"product_id":"twins-in-african-and-diaspora-cultures-double-trouble-twice-blessed-paperback-softback-9780253223074","title":"Twins in African and Diaspora Cultures; Double Trouble, Twice Blessed (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253223074","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwins in African and Diaspora Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDouble Trouble, Twice Blessed\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip M. Peek (Edited by), Pascal James Imperato (Contributions by), Steven van Wolputte (Contributions by), Babatunde Lawal (Contributions by), Ysamur M. Flores-Peña (Contributions by), Susan Cooksey (Contributions by), C. Angelo Micheli (Contributions by), Walter E. A. van Beek (Contributions by), Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers (Contributions by), Frederick John Lamp (Contributions by), Allen F. Roberts (Contributions by), Mary Nooter Roberts (Contributions by), Marilyn Houlberg (Contributions by), Stefania Capone (Contributions by), Elisha P. Renne (Contributions by), Paulo Jorge Granjo Simões (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253223074\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 36 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well-researched, well-presented, and theoretically informed. This volume displays a good range of themes as well as extensive geographical coverage.\"—Ferdinand de Jong, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of East Anglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The book's sixteen excellent essays are not so much about the lives of actual human twins, a subject that is only briefly discussed in a few chapters, but rather about African ideas concerning twins as they relate to broader conceptions of the cosmos, the social order, and humans' place within it.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Philip Peek is to be congratulated on marshalling such a diverse range of papers on the topic of twins in ritual practice, belief and the arts. . . . He succeeds entirely in including sufficiently diverse approaches to the topic to annoy and satisfy everyone in equal measure. The broad range of views and wide ethnographic coverage of twins in sub-Saharan and diaspora communities encompassed here makes this an indispensable work for researchers, lecturers and students alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]his book will prove useful to general readers and academics alike, especially those who are interested in religion, cosmology, cultural transfers, sociology, history, and anthropology.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Africa, where the birthrate of twins is among the highest in the world, twins can be seen as a burden to their families and a threat to the social order, or they can be seen as a gift from God and beings with unique abilities who bring about social harmony. Philip M. Peek and the contributors to this illuminating, multidisciplinary volume explore this rich cultural heritage by examining topics such as twins in artistic representation, twins and divination, and twins in performance, cosmology, religion, and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins \/ Philip M. Peek\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Roots\u003cbr\u003e 2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali \/ Pascal James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato\u003cbr\u003e 3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Northwestern Namibia \/ Steven Van Wolputte\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Doubles and Dualities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì) among the Yoruba \/ Babatunde Lawal\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Son Dos los Jimagüas\" (\"The Twins Are Two\"): Worship of the Sacred Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture \/ Ysamur Flores-Pena\u003cbr\u003e 6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human Identities among the Win \/ Susan Cooksey\u003cbr\u003e 7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography \/ C. Angelo Micheli\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. The Centrality of Liminality\u003cbr\u003e 8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki\/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria \/ Walter E. A. Van Beek\u003cbr\u003e 9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians \/ Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins \/ Frederick John Lamp\u003cbr\u003e 11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance \/ Allen F. Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology \/ Mary Nooter Roberts\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Transformations\u003cbr\u003e 13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou \/ Marilyn Houlberg\u003cbr\u003e 14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé \/ Stefania Capone\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins \/ Elisha P. Renne\u003cbr\u003e 16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of Political Power \/ Paulo Granjo\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739523313944,"sku":"9780253223074","price":19.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/twins-in-african-and-diaspora-cultures-double-trouble-twice-blessed-paperback-softback-9780253223074","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}