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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Parkin, David (University of London) Parkin
• Con la collaborazione di: Meyer Fortes (Editore), Edmund Leach (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521024983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02498-3
• Pagine: 284
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia