Objectification and Deification of Images: A Spiritual Interrogation of Cultural Motifs in Yoruba Theatre Performance


Authors : Ayodele, Vincent Adesina.

Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 4 - April

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Abstract : Aside figure of speech or objectification of an object, the act of turning an object to another thing or god is peculiar to all tribes theworld. This act is called Apotheosis among the “ἀποθέωσις”, "todeify". In Latin "making divine"; also called divinisation and deification is the glorification of a subject to divine level and most commonly, the treatment of a human-like a god. This act is not an uncommon activity among the Yorubadeity images and objects such as carvings, properties, photograph, and so onl. ori. The study adopts as a theoretical framework and employs a mix methodologies to investigate the study’s intention. It study use of elect performances a ncludesas,a .the Yoruba make use of motifs in their cultural consciousness to and deifies man and objects.

Keywords : Cultural, Deification, Images: Objectification, Interrogation, Motifs, Theatre Performance

Aside figure of speech or objectification of an object, the act of turning an object to another thing or god is peculiar to all tribes theworld. This act is called Apotheosis among the “ἀποθέωσις”, "todeify". In Latin "making divine"; also called divinisation and deification is the glorification of a subject to divine level and most commonly, the treatment of a human-like a god. This act is not an uncommon activity among the Yorubadeity images and objects such as carvings, properties, photograph, and so onl. ori. The study adopts as a theoretical framework and employs a mix methodologies to investigate the study’s intention. It study use of elect performances a ncludesas,a .the Yoruba make use of motifs in their cultural consciousness to and deifies man and objects.

Keywords : Cultural, Deification, Images: Objectification, Interrogation, Motifs, Theatre Performance

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