{"product_id":"oduduwas-chain-andrew-apter-9780226506418","title":"Oduduwa's Chain: Locations of Culture in the Yoruba-Atlantic","description":"Yoruba culture has been a part of the Americas for centuries, brought from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade and maintained in various forms ever since. In \u003ci\u003eOduduwa's Chain\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Apter explores a wide range of fascinating historical and ethnographic examples and offers a provocative rethinking of African heritage in Black Atlantic Studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on Yoruba history and culture in Nigeria, Apter applies a generative model of cultural revision that allows him to identify formative Yoruba influences without resorting to the idea that culture and tradition are fixed. For example, Apter shows how the association of African gods with Catholic saints can be seen as a strategy of empowerment, explores historical locations of Yoruba gender ideologies and their variations in the Atlantic world, and much more. He concludes with a rousing call for a return to Africa in studies of the Black Atlantic, resurrecting a critical notion of culture that allows us to transcend Western inventions of African while taking them into account.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Apter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022650641X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226506418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Andrew Apter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086415016191,"sku":"9780226506418","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a08284a-d1ee-4951-98e4-2a3ba87d6982.jpg?v=1769094540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oduduwas-chain-andrew-apter-9780226506418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}