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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
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429486012
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter I|24 pages

Introduction

chapter II|27 pages

Divination and its Symbolism

chapter III|37 pages

The Morphology of Rituals of Affliction

chapter IV|39 pages

Field Context and Social Drama

chapter V|28 pages

The Social Setting of the Ritual Sequence at Nswanamundong’u Village

chapter VI|42 pages

A Performance of Ihamba Analysed

chapter VII|42 pages

Nkang’a: Part One

chapter VIII|29 pages

Nkang’a: Part Two

chapter IX|15 pages

Rituals and Social Processes

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