Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity: Pan-African Psychologies
Autor Ismahan Soukeyna Diopen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mai 2024
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: 9783031287503
ISBN-10: 3031287509
Pagini: 182
Ilustrații: XVII, 182 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Ediția:2023
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Pan-African Psychologies
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3031287509
Pagini: 182
Ilustrații: XVII, 182 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
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.
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).
Caracteristici
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