Experiencing Ritual A New Interpretation of African Healing Edith Turner. With William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa 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. Contemporary Ethnography 1992 256 pages 6 x 9 27 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1366-9 Paper $26.50s 17.50 World Rights Anthropology
Experiencing Ritual A New Interpretation of African Healing Edith Turner. With William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa Experiencing Ri...
"Enterprising Women offers a picture of one of the few models around for female community and self-affirmation. Rather than accepting the passive female images and consumer values purveyed by most TV shows, women fan-fiction writers have adapted television to their own purposes."--Women's Review of Books "Bacon-Smith's many years of skillful ethnographic research and lucid prose help nonfans understand the cultural and theoretical significance of the fan-produced fiction, artwork, and social relations that make fandom so cohesive and critically essential to its members. . . ....
"Enterprising Women offers a picture of one of the few models around for female community and self-affirmation. Rather than accepting the passi...
Shelter Blues Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless Robert R. Desjarlais Winner of the 1999 Victor Turner Prize of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology "Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an ethnography."--Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University Desjarlais shows us not anonymous faces of the homeless but real people. While it is estimated that 25 percent or more of America's homeless are mentally ill, their lives are largely unknown to us. What must life be like for those who, in addition to living on the street, hear...
Shelter Blues Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless Robert R. Desjarlais Winner of the 1999 Victor Turner Prize of the Society for Humanistic Anthrop...
Occasions of Faith An Anthropology of Irish Catholics Lawrence J. Taylor Devotional "occasions" or experiences by Irish Catholics form the crux of this powerful, first book-length anthropological study of Irish Catholicism. Rich in ethnographical material, wide-ranging archival sources, insightful cultural observations, vivid accounts of individual experiences, and thoughtful scrutiny of religious questions and theories illuminate twenty years of ethnographic fieldwork. From these varied resources Lawrence Taylor creates a memorable account of the forces that shape local forms of Catholicism...
Occasions of Faith An Anthropology of Irish Catholics Lawrence J. Taylor Devotional "occasions" or experiences by Irish Catholics form the crux of thi...
A complex portrayal of the double structuring of the perceptions people have on opposite sides of a cultural border. Like most Native Americans, the Mesquakis have survived numerous popular and academic misrepresentations of their culture.
A complex portrayal of the double structuring of the perceptions people have on opposite sides of a cultural border. Like most Native Americans, th...
The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listening to the voices of people who experience political violence either as victims or as perpetrators gives new insights into both the sources of violent conflict and the potential for its resolution.
Drawing on her extensive interviews and conversations with Sikh militants, Cynthia Keppley Mahmood presents their accounts of the human rights abuses inflicted on them by the state of India as well as their explanations of the philosophical...
The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listenin...
