Experiencing ritual : a new interpretation of African healing / Edith Turner with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa.

Author
Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-2016 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
  • Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
  • ©1992
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
Series in contemporary ethnography. [More in this series]
Summary note
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 power.
Notes
Third paperback printing 1998.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Front matter
  • Content
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Field Context of the Ihamba Rituals in 198s
  • 2. The Medicine Quest for the First Ihamba
  • 3. The First Ihamba: The Performance for Nyakanjata
  • 4. Discussion of the First Ihamba
  • 5. Background to the Second Ihamba
  • 6. The Second Ihamba: The Performance for Meru
  • 7. Ritual and the Anthropology of Experience
  • 8. Seeing Spirits
  • Coda
  • Appendix 1. African Spirit Healing and Ihamba
  • Appendix 2. Types of Spirit Healen
  • Appendix 3. Medicines and Hallucinogens
  • Appendix 4. Cupping with Horns
  • Appendix 5. Music and Drumming
  • Appendix 6. The Extraction of Harmful Intrusions
  • Appendix 7. A Composite Ihamba Scenario
  • Appendix 8. Old and New Ihamba Compared
  • Appendix 9. Matriliny, Rituals, and Religions: The 1985 Ndembu
  • Appendix 10. Maps
  • Appendix 11. Abridged Genealogy of the Kahona Family
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter
ISBN
  • 1-283-21216-1
  • 9786613212160
  • 0-8122-0398-4
  • 0-585-11693-8
OCLC
  • 44957201
  • 929156303
Doi
  • 10.9783/9780812203981
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