Kakaamotobe
Fancy Dress Carnival in Ghana
Seiten
2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4309-4 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4309-4 (ISBN)
This book examines how Fancy Dress in Ghana voices public commentary on pop culture; social and cultural mores; and local, national, and international politics and economy. A vital creative expression of the lower classes, Kakaamatobe is both comedic entertainment and an expression of power, identity, and modernity in Ghanaian communities.
Kakaamotobe, meaning to scare, is known across southern Ghana, West Africa, as Fancy Dress performance. Masqueraders dress in colorful costumes and wear fancy and fierce masks; they dance energetically to drums or brass band music through the main streets of town during holidays, especially during Christmastime. Competitions held in two towns are intense annual events. This lively secular masquerade is a carnival form that has been practiced for well over a century primarily by coastal Fante people, and many additional ethnicities participate today. Kakaamotobe: Fancy Dress Carnival in Ghana explores the fascinating history, aesthetics, performance, and underlying messages of this masquerade with ties to other carnivalesque practices in the Black Atlantic. While Fancy Dress may engage with global cultures through some of its aesthetics, the practice is profoundly African. The utilization of elaborate costumes, masks, and brass bands expresses not a desire to imitate outside cultures, but rather the impulse of youth to adapt traditional culture to the contemporary environment. Courtnay Micots argues that the outward impression of folly belies the more serious refashioning of power, identity, and modernity in the community.
Kakaamotobe, meaning to scare, is known across southern Ghana, West Africa, as Fancy Dress performance. Masqueraders dress in colorful costumes and wear fancy and fierce masks; they dance energetically to drums or brass band music through the main streets of town during holidays, especially during Christmastime. Competitions held in two towns are intense annual events. This lively secular masquerade is a carnival form that has been practiced for well over a century primarily by coastal Fante people, and many additional ethnicities participate today. Kakaamotobe: Fancy Dress Carnival in Ghana explores the fascinating history, aesthetics, performance, and underlying messages of this masquerade with ties to other carnivalesque practices in the Black Atlantic. While Fancy Dress may engage with global cultures through some of its aesthetics, the practice is profoundly African. The utilization of elaborate costumes, masks, and brass bands expresses not a desire to imitate outside cultures, but rather the impulse of youth to adapt traditional culture to the contemporary environment. Courtnay Micots argues that the outward impression of folly belies the more serious refashioning of power, identity, and modernity in the community.
Courtnay Micots is assistant professor of art history in the Department of Visual Arts, Humanities, and Theatre at Florida A & M University.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Fancy Dress Carnival
Chapter 2: Retracing the Steps: The History of Fancy Dress
Chapter 3: Local Beliefs and Practices within Fancy Dress
Chapter 4: Inclusivity and Exclusivity: Membership and Aesthetics
Chapter 5: Winneba: Serious Competition
Chapter 6: Sustainable Practices of Masquefest and Carnival as Festival
Chapter 7: The Afro-Brazilian Contribution to Fancy Dress
Chapter 8: Fancy Dress and Silliness: Transformation of Power and Global Modernity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4309-1 / 1793643091 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4309-4 / 9781793643094 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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