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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954857103321

Autore

Bellman Beryl <1941->

Titolo

Village of curers and assassins : on the production of Fala Kpelle cosmological categories / / Beryl Larry Bellman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague, : Mouton, 1975

ISBN

9783110874631

3110874636

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Collana

Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; ; 39

Disciplina

305.896/662

Soggetti

Folk classification - Liberia

Kpelle (African people) - Religion

Kpelle (African people) - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. SUBJECTIVE MEANING OF FALA KPELLE COSMOLOGICAL CATEGORIES: THE FORMAL PROPERTIES OF FALA KPELLE CONSOCIATE INTERACTIONS -- INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE -- 1. THE REFLEXIVITY OF IFA MO TO THE HISTORICITY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS -- 2. TO KNOW ONESELF -- 3. KNOWING ONESELF AND THE PRACTICE OF IFA MO -- 4. THE ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE -- PART TWO. OBJECTIVE MEANINGS OF KPELLE COSMOLOGICAL CATEGORIES -- INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO -- 5. THE MEANING OF SALE OR MEDICINES -- 6. THE OBJECTIVE MEANING OF THE KPELLE SPIRIT WORLD -- 7. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM AND WAKING WORLDS -- APPENDIX 1. THE SUCROMU TOWN PALAVER -- APPENDIX 2. FALA KPELLE KINSHIP CATEGORIES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX