ISBN:
9781136488924
,
1136488928
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 286 pages)
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illustrations, maps.
Edition:
[New ed.]
Series Statement:
Collected works / Mary Douglas v. 1
Parallel Title:
Print version Lele of the Kasai
DDC:
305.89675
Keywords:
Ethnology
;
Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
;
Ethnology
;
Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
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Ethnology
;
Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Black Studies (Global)
;
Kasai River (Angola and Congo) Africa
;
Kasai River
;
Kasai River (Angola and Congo)
;
Kasai River (Angola and Congo)
;
Africa ; Kasai River
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Preface to the new ed. --Acknowledgements --Introduction --I. Lele on the map --II. Productive side of the economy --III. Distribution of wealth --IV. Village: offices and age-sets --V. Clans --VI. Marriage: I. Private wife and private family --VII. Marriage: II. Communal village-wife and communal family --VIII. Blood debts --IX. Village: as creditor and debtor --X. Role of the aristocratic clan in relations between villages --XI. Religious sanctions on village unity and the organization of village cults --XII. Sorcery --XIII. Control of sorcery --XIV. European impact on Lele society --Appendix A: Documentation of South Homba --Appendix B: Bibliographic references --Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the new ed.AcknowledgementsIntroductionI. Lele on the mapII. Productive side of the economyIII. Distribution of wealthIV. Village: offices and age-setsV. ClansVI. Marriage: I. Private wife and private familyVII. Marriage: II. Communal village-wife and communal familyVIII. Blood debtsIX. Village: as creditor and debtorX. Role of the aristocratic clan in relations between villagesXI. Religious sanctions on village unity and the organization of village cultsXII. SorceryXIII. Control of sorceryXIV. European impact on Lele societyAppendix A: Documentation of South HombaAppendix B: Bibliographic referencesIndex.
Note:
"First issued in paperback 2010"--Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index. - Print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-282) and index
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