Inicio > Humanidades > Historia > Historia regional y nacional > Historia de África > Beautifying the Body in Ancient Africa and Today
Beautifying the Body in Ancient Africa and Today

Beautifying the Body in Ancient Africa and Today

Christelle Kedi

21,24 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Books of Africa
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
Historia de África
ISBN:
9781915527264
21,24 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Añadir a favoritos
Sobre IBD

Beautifying the Body explores the deep cultural roots and modern expressions of African body adornment.Examining Afro-textured hair, braiding traditions, beard culture, skin care, scarification, tattooing, textiles and the symbolism of colour, Christelle Kedi connects ancient Egyptian and Nubian aesthetics to contemporary global beauty practices. The book considers both spiritual traditions and the modern cosmetics industry, addressing questions of identity, representation and safe personal care.Blending historical research with contemporary relevance, this illustrated volume is essential reading for students of African history and culture, as well as for readers seeking informed perspectives on Black beauty, heritage and self-expression.

Artículos relacionados

  • Kulubnarti I
    William Y. Adams / William YAdams
    Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Publication Number 18In 1998 and 1999 volumes II and III of the reports on the University of Kentucky excavations at Kulubnarti were published by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society as numbers 2 and 4 in its monograph series. Kulubnarti III was also available through British Archaeological Reports in its International Series no. 814....
    Disponible

    104,23 €

  • The Creole Elite and the Rise of Angolan Protonationalism
    Jacopo Corrado
    This book is about Angolan literature and culture. It investigates a segment of Angolan history and literature, with which even Portuguese-speaking readers are generally not familiar. Its main purpose is to define the features and the literary production of the so-called ’creole elite’, as well as its contribution to the early manifestations of dissatisfaction towards colonial ...
  • Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa
    Prince Sorie Conteh
    As is the case for most of sub-Saharan Africa, African Traditional Religion (ATR) is the indigenous religion of Sierra Leone. When the early forebears and later progenitors of Islam and Christianity arrived, they met Sierra Leone indigenes with a remarkable knowledge of God and a structured religious system. Successive Muslim clerics, traders, and missionaries were respectful o...
  • Shajara ya Mwana Mzizima 4
    Alhaji Abdallah Mohammed Tambaza
    This is the fourth part in the series of the history of Dar es salaam. This book is about Kariakoo, the first area where Africans were allowed to live and stay. It traces the history of the area before independence and up till the 1970’s.Kitabu hiki ni mfululizo wa vitabu vya kumbukumbu ya sehemu na watu mashuhuri katika jiji la Dar es Salaam. Kitabu hiki ni cha tatu ambacho ki...
    Disponible

    41,51 €

  • Britain, the Royal Air Force and relief flights to Biafra, 1968-1969
    Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
    In this intriguing new book, Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus investigates Britain’s decision to engage the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the relief operations during the Nigerian Civil War. The main area badly ravaged by the conflict being the Republic of Biafra was declared 'a frontier of need.' Humanitarian concerns and mounting public pressures, both in Britain and other Western countr...
  • We Rest Here Content
    Robin Smith
    We Rest Here Content is not the history of the Imperial Light Horse Regiment - that was written by the regiment’s Intelligence Officer, Lieutenant George Fleming Gibson and published in 1937 as The Story of the Imperial Light Horse in the South African War 1899-1902. We Rest Here Content approaches the subject of the I.L.H. from a different viewpoint. It looks at all the known ...
    Disponible

    75,50 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Afropolitanism and the Black Blogosphere
    Christelle Kedi
    Afropolitanism: Black Trend Setters in European Fashion Cities is a groundbreaking exploration of the Black European blogosphere and its influence on fashion, beauty and cultural identity.Drawing on field research conducted in London, Paris, Berlin and Lisbon, C. Kedi investigates how Black bloggers and creatives navigate identity, migration, entrepreneurship and digital visibi...
    Disponible

    21,46 €