Description: Dancing with the Gods : Essays in Ga Ritual, Hardcover by Kilson, Marion, ISBN 0761859977, ISBN-13 9780761859970, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Dancing with the gods: essays in Ga ritual 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. While verbal ritual actions specify ideas pertinent to a particular rite, non-verbal ritual actions express more general concepts. Kilson's analyses showhow the same motifs of non-verbal ritual action recur in sacred and secular Ga rites. Whenever and wherever such motifs occur, they convey the same basic underlying Ga concepts, thereby creating a unified conceptual network of belief that is the foundation of the Ga ritual system. The essays in this collection previously appeared in Anthropos, Journal of African Studies, Journal of Religion in Africa, Parabola, and Sextant."--Publisher's website.
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Book Title: Dancing with the Gods : Essays in Ga Ritual
Number of Pages: 136 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dancing with the Gods : Essays in Ga Ritual
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Subject: Africa / General, Black Studies (Global), Ethnic & Tribal, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Author: Marion Kilson
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, History
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
