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With a new introduction by Thomas Beidelman This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time. John Middleton's classic study on the Lugbara was originally published in 1960. New edition published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag

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Author:   John Middleton ,  Thomas Beidelman ,  Ivan Karp
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.452kg
ISBN:  

9780852552841

ISBN 10:   085255284
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

New introduction, Thomas Beidelman. Part 1 Lugbara society -structure and authority: the people and their country; land and settlement; clan, lineage and section; the family cluster and the elder; authority, respect and sin. Part 2 The cult of the dead -ancestors and ghosts: the living and the dead; the nature of man; ancestors and ghosts; ghost invocation; the range of invocation; ghostly vengeance; ghost shrines; ancestral shrines; women's shrines; matrilineal shrines; external lineage shrines; fertility shrines; shrines and status. Part 3 The cult of the dead -sacrifice and purification: sickness and oracles; sin and sacrifice; consecration; the rite of sacrifice; sacrificial animals; rites of purification; communion. Part 4 The field of ritual action: ritual and the lineage - the actors; ritual and the lineage - the cases; ritual and the exercise of authority. Part 5 The moral community: myth and the field of social relations; witchcraft, sorcery and divination; the power of god; prophets and the Yakan cult; change and the social order.

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