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Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual
Marion Kilson
Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual
Marion Kilson
This book 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.
136 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 4 charts, 18 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 13, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780761859970 |
Publishers | University Press of America |
Pages | 136 |
Dimensions | 237 × 160 × 21 mm · 390 g |
Language | English |