Returning life : language, life force and history in Kilimanjaro /

A group of Chagga-speaking men descend the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to butcher animals and pour milk, beer, and blood on the ground, requesting rain for their continued existence. Returning Life explores how this event engages activities where life-force is transferred and transformed to afford a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Myhre, Knut Christian, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Colección:Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 32.
Temas:
Chaga (African people) > Tanzania > Social life and customs.
Chaga (African people) > Tanzania > Rites and ceremonies.
Ethnology > Tanzania > Kilimanjaro Region.
Ethnologie > Tanzanie > Kilimanjaro (Région administrative)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Chaga (African people) > Social life and customs.
Ethnology.
Tanzania.
Tanzania > Kilimanjaro Region.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Kaa : historical transformations in production and habitation
  • Ialika : marrying as a mode of extension
  • Horu : channelling bodies and shifting subjects in an engaging world
  • Idamira : burial as emplacement and displacement
  • Iabisa : cursing as a linguistic and material practice
  • Ngakuuriya moo : returning life, affording rain.

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