Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale

From the 1920s on, photography emerged in the south of Nigeria as a means to immortalize crucial events in private and public life. Between 1920 and 1960, in a period of significant political change, the dressed and staged body became a political tool in the hands of Yoruba female activists who used...

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Main Author: Sara Panata
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne 2017-01-01
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/2585
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spelling doaj-358a9c6542a3403187e0baf36a5091742021-09-02T15:14:32ZfraAssociation MnémosyneGenre & Histoire2102-58862017-01-0118Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque colonialeSara PanataFrom the 1920s on, photography emerged in the south of Nigeria as a means to immortalize crucial events in private and public life. Between 1920 and 1960, in a period of significant political change, the dressed and staged body became a political tool in the hands of Yoruba female activists who used photography to deliver the messages they sought to spread. This article uses colonial photographs to analyse the cultural and political dynamics revealed by women’s poses and to understand how corporal codes were used to convey cultural, religious or political identities.http://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/2585photographyNigeriabodiesclotheswomen
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Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
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photography
Nigeria
bodies
clothes
women
author_facet Sara Panata
author_sort Sara Panata
title Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
title_short Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
title_full Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
title_fullStr Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
title_full_unstemmed Les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
title_sort les militantes yorubas se mettent en scène : la politisation du corps habillé à l’époque coloniale
publisher Association Mnémosyne
series Genre & Histoire
issn 2102-5886
publishDate 2017-01-01
description From the 1920s on, photography emerged in the south of Nigeria as a means to immortalize crucial events in private and public life. Between 1920 and 1960, in a period of significant political change, the dressed and staged body became a political tool in the hands of Yoruba female activists who used photography to deliver the messages they sought to spread. This article uses colonial photographs to analyse the cultural and political dynamics revealed by women’s poses and to understand how corporal codes were used to convey cultural, religious or political identities.
topic photography
Nigeria
bodies
clothes
women
url http://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/2585
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