TWIN CARVINGS AS A MEANS OF CONNECTING EARTH AND HEAVEN
TWIN CARVINGS AS A MEANS OF CONNECTING EARTH AND HEAVEN
Author(s): Anna A. HlaváčováContributor(s): Kristina Čarnecká (Translator)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Psychology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV
Keywords: child; twin; archetype; reincarnation; blessing; curse; humanising inversion; tempes;, Yoruba; Igbo; Kalabari Ijaw; ere ibeji; kukla;
Summary/Abstract: This study examines two contradictory attitudes towards twins in African culture and endeavours to find the common denominator that has induced a positive change in the perception of this extraordinary phenomenon. The motive to write this paper was not to idealise or demonise traditional African societies, but rather to understand some of their rough practices in the context of their respect for fertility and children.
Journal: Slovenské divadlo
- Issue Year: 62/2014
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 71-81
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
