The Lele of the Kasai / / Mary Douglas

• Autore: Douglas Mary
• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 572
• Soggetto topico: Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
• Note generali: First published 1963 by the International African Institute.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE LELE OF THE KASAI; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I THE LELE ON THE MAP; II THE PRODUCTIVE SIDE OF THE ECONOMY; III DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH; IV THE VILLAGE: OFFICES AND AGE-SETS; V CLANS; VI MARRIAGE: I. THE PRIVATE WIFE AND PRIVATE FAMILY; VII MARRIAGE: II. THE COMMUNAL VILLAGE-WIFE AND COMMUNAL FAMILY; VIII BLOOD DEBTS; IX THE VILLAGE: AS CREDITOR AND DEBTOR; X THE ROLE OF THE ARISTOCRATIC CLAN IN RELATIONS BETWEEN VILLAGES; XI RELIGIOUS SANCTIONS ON VILLAGE UNITY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE CULTS; XII SORCERY; XIII CONTROL OF SORCERY; XIV EUROPEAN IMPACT ON LELE SOCIETY ; APPENDIX A: Documentation of South HombaAPPENDIX B: BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of non-anthropologists. The intellectural tools and examples she gained from Africanist ethnography continue to serve her explorations of European and American society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lele of the Kasai
• ISBN: 1-136-48899-5; 1-315-01580-3; 0-415-60672-1; 1-136-48892-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812400703321
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