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Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity de Ismahan Soukeyna Diop

Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity: Pan-African Psychologies

Autor Ismahan Soukeyna Diop
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 mai 2023
This book draws on a unique theoretical framework informed by clinical case studies, Fanonian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, and decolonial feminism, to examine the concept of adornment in African cultures. 

The book discusses the construction of aesthetic feminine ideals and the evolution of such ideals within the history of colonization, decolonization and globalization. Through the analysis of adornments including accessories, hairstyle, clothes and fabric, the author demonstrates how they can reflect social status, and also addresses its symbolic function in rituals. At the level of the individual, it draws on clinical case studies to examine the Lacanian theory of adornment and masquerade of femininity, and the extent to which this echoes ambivalent attitudes towards women in society at large. In doing so it provides a nuanced analysis which reveals how body adornment can be a paradoxical demonstration of both strength and weakness. 

Building on the author’s previous work in this area, this book offers an important contribution to current debates in psychoanalysis, cultural studies, critical race theory and decolonial feminism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031287473
ISBN-10: 3031287479
Pagini: 182
Ilustrații: XVII, 182 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:2023
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Pan-African Psychologies

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

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.

Notă biografică

​Ismahan Soukeyna Diop, is a teacher and researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal. Dr Diop’s work and practice focuses on women, femininity, maternity, and the integration of tales in psychotherapy. She is also the author of African Mythology, Femininity, and Maternity (2019).

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“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.”
—Derek Hook, Associate Professor in Psychology at Duquesne University, USA, and Extraordinary Professor in Psychology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

This book draws on a unique theoretical framework informed by clinical case studies, Fanonian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, and decolonial feminism, to examine the concept of adornment in African cultures. 

The book discusses the construction of aesthetic feminine ideals and the evolution of such ideals within the history of colonization, decolonization and globalization. Through the analysis of adornments including accessories, hairstyle, clothes and fabric, the author demonstrates how they can reflect social status, and also addresses its symbolic function in rituals. At the level of the individual, it draws on clinical case studies to examine the Lacanian theory of adornment and masquerade of femininity, and the extent to which this echoes ambivalent attitudes towards women in society at large. In doing so it provides a nuanced analysis which reveals how body adornment can be a paradoxical demonstration of both strength and weakness. 

Building on the author’s previous work in this area, this book offers an important contribution to current debates in psychoanalysis, cultural studies, critical race theory and decolonial feminism.

​Ismahan Soukeyna Diop, is a teacher and researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal. Dr Diop’s work and practice focuses on women, femininity, maternity, and the integration of tales in psychotherapy. She is also the author of African Mythology, Femininity, and Maternity (2019).

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Examines the construction of aesthetic feminine ideals in African cultures Synthesizes theory from psychoanalysis, cultural studies, critical race theory and decolonial feminism Reveals how body adornment can be a paradoxical demonstration of both strength and weakness