Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya /

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The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straight, Bilinda, 1964-
Other Authors: Stoller, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Resurrection
Miracles
Death > Religious aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Samburu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Resurrection.
Miracles > Kenya > Samburu (District)
Mort > Aspect religieux.
Samburu (African people) > Religion.
Miracles > Kenya > Samburu District.
Death > Religious aspects.
Kenya > Samburu District
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780812209372

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