Experiencing Ritual : a New Interpretation of African Healing.

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 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Edith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 1992.
Colección:Contemporary ethnography.
Temas:
Chamanisme > Zambie.
Guérison > Aspect religieux.
Guérison > Zambie.
Healing > Religious aspects.
Healing > Zambia > Religious aspects.
Medicine, African Traditional > Zambia.
Ndembu (African people) > Medicine.
Ndembu (African people) > Religion.
Ndembu (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Ndembu (peuple d'Afrique) > Médecine.
Ndembu (peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Ndembu (peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Shamanism > Zambia.
Mental healing.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Medicine, African Traditional
Mental Healing
Religion and Medicine
Guérison > Zambie > Aspect religieux.
Ndembu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Ndembu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Médecine.
Ndembu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Guérison par l'esprit.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Mental healing
Medicine > Religious aspects
Healing > Religious aspects
Ndembu (African people)
Ndembu (African people) > Religion
Ndembu (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Shamanism
Ethnomedizin
Schamanismus
Geneeskunde.
Lunda Ndembu.
Sjamanisme.
Zambia.
Zambia
Zambie.
Sambia.
Ndembu.
Spirits.
Anthropology.
Teeth.
Fieldwork.
Cultural studies.
Healing.
Medicine.
Religion.
Africans.
Ceremoy.
Rituals.
Shaminism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Two Books on Ihamba: The Effect of Victor Turner's Study ; Theorists of Ritual; The Groundings of the Present Ethnographic Method; Chapter I. The Field Context of the lharnba Rituals in 1985 ; Time Factor: History Continues Separately for Ndembu and Turners ; Returning to Mukanza Village; The Ihamba Tooth; Chapter 2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba ; Medicine Collection; Medicine Preparation; Chapter 3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata ; The First Tooth; Commentary; The Second Tooth.
  • Chapter 4. Discussion of the First Ihamba Sakutoha; Nyakanjata; Healing and Hunters; Mazu (""Words""); Childbirth Medicines in Iharnba; The Ambiguities in Iharnba; The Sequences and Processes Involved in Extraction; Chapter 5. Background to the Second Iharnba ; The Kawiko Vicinage; Quarrels in the Past; The Hunters' Conference: The Significance of the Hunter ; Trouble with Morie; Chapter 6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru ; Chapter 7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience ; The Event as Fact: Subjectivity and Objectivity; The Human Tooth; Chapter 8. Seeing Spirits.
  • The Difficulties of the Healer ModeCoda; Appendixes; I. African Spirit Healing and Iharnba; 2. Types of Spirit Healers; 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens; 4. Cupping with Horns; 5. Music and Drumming; Drums, N~orna; Drumming in Ihamba; Songs; 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions; 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario; 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared; 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndcmbu; 10. Maps; 11. Abridged Genealou of the Kahona Family; Notes; References; Index.

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