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Bodies and Persons: Comparative Perspectives from Africa and Melanesia

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This book suggests a bold comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, understood in terms of what anthropologists call embodiment. These concepts are applied to questions ranging from the meanings of spirit possession, to the logics of witchcraft and kinship relations, the use of rituals in healing, and even the impact of capitalism. Questioning common assumptions about the huge differences among these discrete areas, the contributions document surprising continuities.
Request Code : ZLIBIO4211458
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Year:
1998
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Language:
English
Pages:
314
ISBN 10:
0521621941
ISBN 13:
9780521621946
ISBN:
0521621941,9780521621946

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