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Collection of 10 articles previously published on various aspects of ritual symbolism among the Ndembu of Zambia; p.83-4; brief mention of C.P. Mountford on Aboriginal colour symbolism; Primarly for use in cultural comparison."This is a collection of ten essays dealing with various aspects of symbolism and ritual among the Ndembu of Zambia in central Africa. . . . Using data of extraordinary richness, it presents some of the most provocative and suggestive theories recently advanced in the study of ritual behavior and symbolism. . . It provides one of the few postwar studies sure to rank as an ethnographic classic."-Africa"A collection of ten of the most brilliant and important essays on ritual yet written. These papers by Victor Turner . . . are all seminal and distinguished."-American Anthropologist
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The Forest of Symbols, Victor Witter Turner
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1970
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- The Forest of Symbols
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Victor Witter Turner
- Éditeur
- Cornell University Press
- Publié
- 1970
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 417
- ISBN10
- 0801491010
- ISBN13
- 9780801491016
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Thèmes religieux, Afrique, Ethnographie
- Évaluation
- 3,95 sur 5
- Description
- Collection of 10 articles previously published on various aspects of ritual symbolism among the Ndembu of Zambia; p.83-4; brief mention of C.P. Mountford on Aboriginal colour symbolism; Primarly for use in cultural comparison."This is a collection of ten essays dealing with various aspects of symbolism and ritual among the Ndembu of Zambia in central Africa. . . . Using data of extraordinary richness, it presents some of the most provocative and suggestive theories recently advanced in the study of ritual behavior and symbolism. . . It provides one of the few postwar studies sure to rank as an ethnographic classic."-Africa"A collection of ten of the most brilliant and important essays on ritual yet written. These papers by Victor Turner . . . are all seminal and distinguished."-American Anthropologist