Village of curers and assassins : on the production of Fala Kpelle cosmological categories / Beryl Larry Bellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellman, Beryl, 1941-

Series:

Approaches to Semiotics ; 39

Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk classification--Liberia.

Folk classification.

Kpelle (African people)--Religion.

Kpelle (African people).

Kpelle (African people)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

The Hague : Mouton, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front matter

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. SUBJECTIVE MEANING OF FALA KPELLE COSMOLOGICAL CATEGORIES: THE FORMAL PROPERTIES OF FALA KPELLE CONSOCIATE INTERACTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE

1. THE REFLEXIVITY OF IFA MO TO THE HISTORICITY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS

2. TO KNOW ONESELF

3. KNOWING ONESELF AND THE PRACTICE OF IFA MO

4. THE ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE

PART TWO. OBJECTIVE MEANINGS OF KPELLE COSMOLOGICAL CATEGORIES

INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO

5. THE MEANING OF SALE OR MEDICINES

6. THE OBJECTIVE MEANING OF THE KPELLE SPIRIT WORLD

7. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM AND WAKING WORLDS

APPENDIX 1. THE SUCROMU TOWN PALAVER

APPENDIX 2. FALA KPELLE KINSHIP CATEGORIES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110874631

3110874636

OCLC:

922945341