Popular Culture, Violence, and Religion in Gloria's Story

Wertheimer, John

doi:10.1017/s0738248000003400

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“…Popular culture has a strategic space both in historical and contemporary realities of a society (Parker, 2011; Storch, 2016). Most research on popular culture has been limited to popular music, religion, lifestyles, fashion and aesthetics (see, for example, Klein, 2012; Levine, 1990; Mantie, 2013; Storch, 2016; Wertheimer, 2006). Beyond these mentioned aspects of culture, popular culture permeates every aspect of human life and social relations.…”

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The context of children in Yoruba popular culture

Omobowale¹,

Omobowale

Falase

2018

Global Studies of Childhood

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The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria describes children as the heritage of the society because children occupy a special place in societal survival and continuity. Children are esteemed and appreciated. Thus, the embedded culture propagates the essentiality of children, the need for proper socialisation and internalisation to make a responsible being ( Omoluabi). Also, children are prioritised above material wealth, and the essentiality of child wellbeing and education is emphasised in aspects of popular culture such as oral poetry, proverbs, local songs and popular music among others. Using extant elements of Yoruba popular culture which have remained dominant, this article contextually examines the value of children among the Yoruba.

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