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Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
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ISBN: 1501717197 9781501717192 0801408636 9780801408632 0801491517 9780801491511 0801491584 9780801491580 0801408164 1501732846 9780801408168 9781501732843 Year: 2018 Publisher: Ithaca, NY

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The core of this book is a complete description of two important Ndembu rituals of affliction (Chihamba and Kayong'u), and an analysis of the system of ideas underlying more than a dozen modes of divination. Written by an internationally-known social scientist, the book demonstrates how the study of small-scale events may reveal as much about what it means to be a human being in society as do grand macrosocial and macrocultural surveys.Drawing on two and a half years of fieldwork, Victor Turner offers two thorough ethnographic studies of Ndembu revelatory ritual and divinatory techniques, with running commentaries on symbolism by a variety of Ndembu informants. Striking a personal note in the introductory chapter, Turner acknowledges his indebtedness to Ndembu ritualists for alerting him to the theoretical relevance of symbolic action in understanding human societies. He believes that ritual symbols, like botanists' stains, enable us to detect and trace the movement of social processes and relationships that often lie below the level of direct observation.

Schism and continuity in an African society : a study of Ndembu village life
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ISBN: 0854962824 9780854962822 1859731104 9781859731109 Year: 1996 Publisher: Oxford Washington, D.C. Berg

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Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Zambia --- Ndembu (African people) --- Social conditions. --- Kinship. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- Andembu (African people) --- Bandempo (African people) --- Dembo (African people) --- Ndembu (African tribe) --- Ethnology --- Southern Lunda (African people) --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions --- Kinship --- Rites and ceremonies --- Social life and customs --- Sambia --- GRZ --- Government of the Republic of Zambia --- Republic of Zambia --- Zambië --- Republiek van Zambië --- Zambiya --- Замбія --- Zambii︠a︡ --- Рэспубліка Замбія --- Rėspublika Zambii︠a︡ --- Zambija --- Republika Zambija --- Замбия --- Република Замбия --- Republika Zambii︠a︡ --- Zambijská republika --- Gweriniaeth Zambia --- Republik Sambia --- Sambia Vabariik --- Ζάμπια --- Zampia --- Δημοκρατία της Ζάμπιας --- Dēmokratia tēs Zampias --- República de Zambia --- Zambio --- Zambia Respubliko --- Zambiako Errepublika --- République de Zambie --- An tSaimbia --- Poblacht na Saimbia --- Saimbia --- Yn Tambia --- Pobblaght ny Sambia --- Poblachd Shaimbia --- Tsan-pí-â --- Republica iti Zambia --- Republik Zambia --- Repubblica dello Zambia --- Republika ning Zambia --- Zambi --- Sambi --- Jamhuri ya Zambia --- Repubilika ya Zambia --- Zanbi --- Zambijas republika --- Zambijos Respublika --- Republiki ya Zambia --- Zambiai Köztársaság --- Замбија --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Zambi Uls --- Tlācatlahtohcāyōtl Zambia --- ザンビア --- Zanbia --- Republikken Zambia --- Zambiya Respublikasi --- Republika Zambii --- República da Zâmbia --- Republica Zambia --- Республика Замбия --- Saambiya --- Sambian tasavalta --- Republiken Zambia --- Republika ng Zambia --- Zambiya Cumhuriyeti --- Saambi --- Republik bu Saambi --- 赞比亚 --- Zanbiya --- Northern Rhodesia --- Ndembu (African people) - Social conditions --- Ndembu (African people) - Kinship --- Ndembu (African people) - Rites and ceremonies --- Zambia - Social life and customs

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