Sacred Void - Spatial Images of Work and Ritual Among the Giriama of Kenya

Zusammenfassung In this innovative study! David Parkin shows how indigenous African rites and beliefs may be reworked to accommodate a variety of economic systems! new spatial and ecological relations between communities! and the locally variable influences of Islam and Christianity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Fantasies of the West; 2. Western Kaya, sacred centre; 3. View from the west: cattle and co-operation; 4. From west to east: the works of marriage; 5. Spanning west and east: dances of death; 6. Alternative authorities: incest and fertility; 7. Alternative selves: invasions and cure; 8. Coastal desires and the person as centre; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: David Parkin
• Assisted by: Meyer Fortes (Editor), Edmund Leach (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521024983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02498-3
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology