Publications [#237706] of J. Lorand Matory

Books

1. Matory, JL. Sex and the Empire That Is No More: Gender and the Politics of Metaphor in Oyo-Yoruba Religion. second edition Berghahn Books, 2005. (Edited and updated version of the original 1994 publication) [ref=sr_1_4]
   (last updated on 2026/01/16)

   Abstract:
   The form and role of orisa-worship among the West Africa Yoruba has changed during the past two centuries in ways correlated with the changing overall political system. The relationships between men and women have provided two majors sorts of metaphor for the healthy and orderly relationship between gods and humans, rulers and subjects. The ritual metaphors invoked by priests and rulers have, in turn, transformed the quotidian relationships between men and women.