Peek philip m editor (11 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very good trade paperback. Solid binding. Some wear to cover.

232 x 155 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. viii + (ii) + 230, incl. index; map; illustrations in text. Very good condition. "Because divination plays a pivotal role in African cultures, understanding systems of divination becomes critical to virtually any study of African peoples. This unique collection of essays demonstrates the central role that divination continues to play throughout Africa in maintaining cultural systems and in guiding human action. The book explores the diversity of African divination systems, including various aspects of the diviner's life and the full divination complex. Among the topics examined are the preparation of diviners among the Zulu of South Africa and the Batammaliba of Togo; the origin and development of these systems of knowledge among the Atuot of Sudan and the Malagasy of Madagascar; the ways in which cultural systems are articulated and maintained through divination by the Lobi of Burkina Faso and the Pagibeti and Yaka of Zaire; and the acquisition of knowledge and establishment of truth among the Temne of Sierra Leone, the Nyole of Uganda, and the Giriama and Swahili of Kenya. African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing offers insights for current discussions in comparative epistemology, cross-cultural psychology, cognition studies, semiotics, and ethnoscience as well as for religious studies and more traditional anthropology.".…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 244 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 244 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. paper edition edition. 376 pages. 12.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0930741900. Oversized trade paperback. Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition with a slight bit water rippling to the very top edge of a few pages in the rear of book. No statement of Later Printing on the Copyright page. This book is Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta. No Signature.…

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 608 pages. 9.65x7.44x1.30 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 748 pages. 11.00x8.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, viii,230 pp., PAPERBACK. Minor rubbing. Cover stained. VG.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. paper edition edition. 376 pages. 12.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.