Experiencing Ritual

A New Interpretation of African Healing

Edith Turner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1992
University of Pennsylvania Press (Verlag)
978-0-8122-1366-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Autor

By Edith Turner. With William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.1992
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Ethnography
• Mitarbeit: Assistent: William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, Fideli Benwa
• Zusatzinfo: 27 illus.
• Verlagsort: Pennsylvania
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8122-1366-1 / 0812213661
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-1366-9 / 9780812213669
• Zustand: Neuware