Dancing with the gods

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This book explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive analyses of verbal and non-verbal ritual action.



Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive analyses of verbal and non-verbal ritual action. While verbal ritual actions specify ideas pertinent to a particular rite, non-verbal ritual actions express more general concepts. Kilson’s analyses show how the same motifs of non-verbal ritual action recur in sacred and secular Ga rites. Whenever and wherever such motifs occur, they convey the same basic underlying Ga concepts, thereby creating a unified conceptual network of belief that is the foundation of the Ga ritual system. The essays in this collection previously appeared in Anthropos, Journal of African Studies, Journal of Religion in Africa, Parabola, and Sextant.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 december 2012

Aantal pagina's: 148

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Marion Kilson

Hoofduitgeverij: University Press Of America

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 159 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 236 mm

Verpakking lengte: 24 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 409 g

EAN: 9780761859970

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