Rituals of kinship among the Nyakyusa
1957, First Edition. London, New York : Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394630
Physical description: xi, 278 pages illustrations, tables 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Burial rites -- Farewell to the dead -- The ritual of puberty and marriage -- The ritual of birth -- The ritual of abnormal birth -- Rituals of misfortune -- The participants -- The Nyakyusa conception of reality -- The sociological analysis of the rituals of kinship -- Reports of particular funerals -- Local variations in the death ritual -- Marriage negotiations and gifts -- Misfortunes attributed to the shades -- Causes of misfortune -- Participants in rituals illustrated by genealogies. Subjects: Kinship Tanzania; Nyakyusa (African people); Nyakyusa (Peuple d'Afrique); Kinship; Ethnology Tanzania; Tanzania Native races.
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