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The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia: Volume 68 (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Hardcover

Book 65 of 77: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

Turner, V. W.

 
9781138598942: The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia: Volume 68 (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138598941 ISBN 13: 9781138598942
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

In this study of the Ndembu of Zambia, ritual is examined under two aspects: as a regulator of social relations over time and as a system of symbols. Social life is thereby given direction and meaning. An extended case-study of a series of ritual performances in the life of a single village community is analysed in order to estimate the effects of participation in these symbolic events on its component groups and personalities.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138598941
ISBN 13 
9781138598942
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352