Experiencing Ritual
A New Interpretation of African Healing
Seiten
1992
University of Pennsylvania Press (Verlag)
978-0-8122-1366-9 (ISBN)
University of Pennsylvania Press (Verlag)
978-0-8122-1366-9 (ISBN)
Gives an account of how the author sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. This work presents a view not common in anthropological writings - the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.
Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings—the view of millions of Africans—that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.
Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings—the view of millions of Africans—that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.
By Edith Turner. With William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.1992 |
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Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Ethnography |
Co-Autor | William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, Fideli Benwa |
Zusatzinfo | 27 illus. |
Verlagsort | Pennsylvania |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8122-1366-1 / 0812213661 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8122-1366-9 / 9780812213669 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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