Affliction and moral order : conversations in Yambaland
- Title
- Affliction and moral order : conversations in Yambaland / Hermann Gufler.
- Published by
- [Canterbury] : Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury, 2003.
- Author
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- Description
- x, 272 p. : maps, photos; 21 cm.
- Series statement
- CSAC monographs ; 18
- Subject
- Contents
- Introductory -- Yamba marriage systems, spouses and their offspring between protection and affliction -- Social ritual and religious aspects of the communal hunt among the Yamba -- Yamba spider divination -- Cooking the grave, aspects of Yamba ritual symbolism -- Yamba twin ritual -- Yamba cult and seasonal dances -- Yamba witchcraft beliefs -- Crying the death, Yamba rituals of death -- Notes on Yamba kinship terminology -- Glossary of Yamba terms.
- Call number
- Sc D 04-1425
- Note
- "Eight previously published papers, with only few changes..." -- Preface; new introduction and "kinship" appendix.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272).
- Author
- Gufler, Hermann.
- Title
- Affliction and moral order : conversations in Yambaland / Hermann Gufler.
- Imprint
- [Canterbury] : Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury, 2003.
- Series
- CSAC monographs ; 18
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272).
- Added author
- University of Kent at Canterbury. Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing.
- Research call number
- Sc D 04-1425