Marion Kilson

Dancing with the Gods

Essays in Ga Ritual

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9780761859970
• ISBN-10: 0761859977
• Artikelnr.: 36397446

Autorenporträt

Marion Kilson received her Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University in 1967 and retired as dean of the Graduate School at Salem State University in 2001. Her previous books on Ga culture and society are Kpele Lala: Ga Religious Songs and Symbols and African Urban Kinsmen: the Ga of Central Accra.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1. Libation in Ga Ritual Chapter 2. Taxonomy and Form in Ga
Ritual Chapter 3. The Structure of Ga Prayer Chapter 4. "I Call You for
Life" Chapter 5. Prayer and Song in Ga Ritual Chapter 6. Ritual Portrait of
a Ga Medium Chapter 7. Ambivalence and Power: Mediums in Ga Religion
Chapter 8. Homowo: Celebrating Community in Ga Culture Chapter 9. Bushcows
in the Sky Chapter 10. Twin Beliefs and Ceremony in Ga Culture Chapter 11.
The Ga Naming Rite Chapter 12. Antelopes and Stools: Ga Ceremonial Kingship
Concluding Note Bibliography