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The book is a detailed study of the symbolic universe of the Dowayos of north Cameroon.
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The book is a detailed study of the symbolic universe of the Dowayos of north Cameroon, as displayed in their ritual and beliefs. Considering matters as diverse as their oral literature, their material culture and their festivals, Dr Barley's analysis develops by unfolding sequentially a map of the symbolic structures that underlie Dowayo culture and shape their apperception of the world about them.
Contenuti
Preface; 1. The ethnographic background; 2. Symbolism and the punctuation of culture; 3. Some problems of the representational model of symbolism; 4. The leopard cannot change his spots; 5. Water and fertility; 6. Tarniisnohgbarklele: 'the place where the old Fulani woman was beaten to death'; 7. 'It is only thanks to me that you were circumcised'; 8. The seasons of the year and the joker in the pack: relations of nesting and quotation; Appendix: The festivals; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Symbolic Structures: An Exploration of the Culture of the Dowayos
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Symbolic Structures: An Exploration of the Culture of the Dowayos
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Cambridge University Press, 1983
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