ISBN:
9781800731691
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 270 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Ethnography, theory, experiment Volume 9
Series Statement:
Ethnography, theory, experiment
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896/54
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
;
Cattle Social aspects
;
Cattle Social aspects
;
Murzu (African people)
;
Murzu (African people)
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Rites and ceremonies
Abstract:
Loving cows, then killing them. The relation with cattle in Mursi country is shaped by the dichotomy between the value given to it during life and the death imposed upon it. The killing of cattle may be brief and inflicted with few words, but it is preceded by a series of intense aesthetic practices, such as body painting and adornments, colour poetics, poems and oratory art. This book investigates the link between the nurturing and killing of cattle with Mursi daily life and finds that these rituals cut across pastoralism, social organisation and politics in forming the very fabric of Mursi society
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781800731691
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Permalink
