Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire
This book, which is in French, derives from a detailed empirical study of the Komo, a population of some 60,000 hunter-gatherers in Zaire. Dr de Mahieu builds a new theory of ritual practice on to his description and analysis of circumcision rituals among the Komo, and draws important comparisons between the significance of these rituals to the actual participants and to wider Komo society and beliefs.
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Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire
This book, which is in French, derives from a detailed empirical study of the Komo, a population of some 60,000 hunter-gatherers in Zaire. Dr de Mahieu builds a new theory of ritual practice on to his description and analysis of circumcision rituals among the Komo, and draws important comparisons between the significance of these rituals to the actual participants and to wider Komo society and beliefs.
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Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire

Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire

by Wauthier De Mahieu
Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire

Qui a Obstrue La Cascade?: Analyse Semantique Du Rituel de La Circoncision Chez Les Komo Du Zaire

by Wauthier De Mahieu

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This book, which is in French, derives from a detailed empirical study of the Komo, a population of some 60,000 hunter-gatherers in Zaire. Dr de Mahieu builds a new theory of ritual practice on to his description and analysis of circumcision rituals among the Komo, and draws important comparisons between the significance of these rituals to the actual participants and to wider Komo society and beliefs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521109352
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/18/2009
Series: Atelier d'Anthropologie Sociale
Pages: 439
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Premiere Partie: Les origines du gandja et ses celebrations ordinaries; Deuxieme Partie: Le cycle du gandja; Conclusions; Bibliographie; Index des auteurs; Index des matieres.
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