caa a22 4500 388036427 CHVBK 20180307125006.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199801 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1161149 doi S000197200004701X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/1161149 Rea William R. Rationalising culture: youth, elites and masquerade politics [Elektronische Daten] [William R. Rea] Studies of associations in West Africa have tended to focus upon the development of new development-related institutional forms. Other, so-called traditional, cultural groupings have tended to be ignored. This article points to transformations and changes in the masquerade society of the north-eastern Yoruba town of Ìkòlé and considers the continuing development of the masquerade society as an association. Changes in the masquerade society are being strongly promoted by younger men as a way to establish masquerade as a resource, promoting Ìkòlé's cultural identity. They are aided and funded by groups of elite citizens who are not necessarily resident in Ìkòlé. The article examines the relations between the various groups involved in masquerade, as well as the relationship between those often elite town members who support masquerades and Pentecostal Christian groups which would happily see their demise. Copyright © International African Institute 1998 Africa Cambridge University Press 68/1(1998-01), 98-117 0001-9720 68:1<98 1998 68 AFR https://doi.org/10.2307/1161149 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1161149 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rea William R. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Africa Cambridge University Press 68/1(1998-01), 98-117 0001-9720 68:1<98 1998 68 AFR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 077183754 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge