The Sacred Void di David Parkin edito da Cambridge University Press
Alta reperibilità

The Sacred Void

Spatial Images Of Work And Ritual Among The Giriama Of Kenya

EAN:

9780521024983

ISBN:

0521024986

Pagine:
284
Formato:
Paperback
Lingua:
Inglese
Acquistabile con o la

Descrizione The Sacred Void

In this innovative study, David Parkin shows how indigenous African rites and beliefs may be reworked to accommodate a variety of economic systems, new spatial and ecological relations among communities, and the locally variable influences of Islam and Christianity. The Giriama people of Kenya include pastoralists living in the hinterland; farmers, who work land closer to the coast; and migrants, who earn money as laborers or fisherman on the coast itself. Wherever they live, they revere an ancient and formerly fortified capital, located in the pastoralist hinterland, which few of them ever see or visit. It is the site of occasional large-scale ceremonies and becomes especially important at times of national crisis. It then acts as a moral core of Giriama society, and a symbolic defense against total domination and assimilation.

Spedizione gratuita
€ 51.31
o 3 rate da € 17.10 senza interessi con
Disponibile in 10-12 giorni
servizio Prenota Ritiri su libro The Sacred Void
Prenota e ritira
Scegli il punto di consegna e ritira quando vuoi

Recensioni degli utenti

e condividi la tua opinione con gli altri utenti