Experiencing ritual : a new interpretation of African healing / / Edith Turner with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa
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| Autore: |
Turner Edith L. B. <1921->
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| Titolo: |
Experiencing ritual : a new interpretation of African healing / / Edith Turner with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992 |
| ©1992 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 299/.6839 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ndembu (African people) - Rites and ceremonies |
| Ndembu (African people) - Religion | |
| Ndembu (African people) - Medicine | |
| Shamanism - Zambia | |
| Healing - Zambia - Religious aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
BlodgettWilliam
KahonaSingleton
BenwaFideli
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| Note generali: | Third paperback printing 1998. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Content -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Field Context of the Ihamba Rituals in 198s -- 2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba -- 3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata -- 4. Discussion of the First Ihamba -- 5. Background to the Second Ihamba -- 6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru -- 7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience -- 8. Seeing Spirits -- Coda -- Appendix 1. African Spirit Healing and Ihamba -- Appendix 2. Types of Spirit Healen -- Appendix 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens -- Appendix 4. Cupping with Horns -- Appendix 5. Music and Drumming -- Appendix 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions -- Appendix 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario -- Appendix 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared -- Appendix 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndembu -- Appendix 10. Maps -- Appendix 11. Abridged Genealogy of the Kahona Family -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Experiencing ritual |
| ISBN: | 1-283-21216-1 |
| 9786613212160 | |
| 0-8122-0398-4 | |
| 0-585-11693-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807288003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Series in contemporary ethnography.