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The Drums of Affliction
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A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia
The Drums of Affliction
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A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia
ByV. W. Turner
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1968
eBook Published 24 August 2018
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 356
eBook ISBN 9780429486012
Subjects Area Studies, Social Sciences
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Turner, V.W. (1968). The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes Among the Ndembu of Zambia (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429486012
ABSTRACT
In this study of the Ndembu of Zambia, ritual is examined under two aspects: as a regulator of social relations over time and as a system of symbols. Social life is thereby given direction and meaning. An extended case-study of a series of ritual performances in the life of a single village community is analysed in order to estimate the effects of participation in these symbolic events on its component groups and personalities.