Adornment, Masquerade and African Femininity (eBook)

Ismahan Soukeyna Diop (Autor)

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2023 | 2023
XVII, 182 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-28748-0 (ISBN)

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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).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Pan-African Psychologies
• Reihe/Serie: Pan-African Psychologies
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 182 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: African femininity • African Studies • Body Adornment • construction of beauty • critical race theory • decolonial feminism • Didier Anzieu • Frantz Fanon • Jacques Lacan • Marcel Maus • Melanie Klein • Psychological Anthropology
• ISBN-10: 3-031-28748-7 / 3031287487
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-28748-0 / 9783031287480