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Affliction and moral order : conversations in Yambaland / Hermann Gufler.

Title
  1. Affliction and moral order : conversations in Yambaland / Hermann Gufler.
Published by
  1. [Canterbury] : Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury, 2003.
Author
  1. Gufler, Hermann.

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Additional authors
  1. University of Kent at Canterbury. Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing.
Description
  1. x, 272 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps; 21 cm.
Series statement
  1. CSAC monographs ; 18
Uniform title
  1. CSAC monographs ; 18.
Subject
  1. Yamba (African people) > Kinship
  2. Yamba (African people) > Religion
  3. Yamba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Papers previously published in various journals. With new introd. and appendices.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272).
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain