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Rituals of kinship among the Nyakyusa.
- Title
- Rituals of kinship among the Nyakyusa.
- Author
- Wilson, Monica, 1908-1982.
- Publication
- London, New York, Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press, 1957.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 278 pages illustrations, tables; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0198231660
- 9780198231660
- LCCN
- 57002667
- OCLC
- ocm00228306
- 228306
- SCSB-142584
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library