Concepts of the body / self in Africa / ed. Joan Maw, John Picton.
Contributor(s): Maw, Joan
| Picton, John
| Universität Wien. Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie
| University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies
Language: English Publisher: Wien : Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie, 1992.Description: [iii], 166p. : ill. ; 21cm.Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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British Museum | Africa Oceania and the Americas | Open Shelves | KY [MAW] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | M26028 |
"This collection of papers arises from a multi-disciplinary workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, March 1987".
Includes bibl. references.
Contents: Mother/child contact and its effect on child development / David Morley; When the body switches off / K. Alnaes; Body and self in the life cycle of female child bearing / H. Lovel; On the two bodies in Swahili culture / M.J. Swartz; Body and self in a spirit mediumship cult of Mombasa / F. Topan; Masks and identities in Ebira culture / J. Picton; The body as a source of cosmological exploration and personal experimentation in Venda tradition / J. Blacking; The self in African children's drawings of persons / E. Court; The self in in Dunia uwanja wa fujo / S. Mlacha; Accounting for personal success in Bamenda / M. Rowlands; Active, passive or stative? / J. Maw; Some conceptions of the body seen through the language and ritual used at funerals and burials / J. Lacunza Balda; Some practical consequences / Barbara Anderson.