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The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual [Hardcover]

Victor Turner

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Hardcover: 420 pages
Publisher: Cornell University Press (January 1969)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801404320
ISBN-13: 978-0801404320

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4.0 out of 5 stars essays on symbolism and ritual, April 30, 2011

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Considered an ethnographic classic. Victor Turner, a professor at Cornell, was known for his work in both anthropology and the behavioral sciences. These essays go far beyond meticulous recording of Zambian ritual to examine the role of symbols in social processes. Topics include medicine, witchcraft, morality, social structure, rites of passage, color classification, and the role of symbols in so many aspects of tribal life. Photographs, charts, and lists.

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Turner writes a classic of what it means to successfully complete an ethnographic study. What my professors did to better explain this work (centered on Zambia) is build upon it to show how the Western world has captured and portrayed the modern Olympics. The role of symbols in social processes is better understood by this reader because of Turner.

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AMONG the Ndembu of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), the importance of ritual in the lives of the villagers in 1952 was striking. Read the first page

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Nyaluhana Village, Manchester University Press, Oxford University Press, Belgian Congo, Chief Ikelenge, East Africa, Kafumbu Village, Machamba Village, Mukanza Village, Wukengi Farm, International African Institute, Mwinilunga District, Northern Rhodesia, African Society, Rhodes-Livingstone Paper, Sawiyembi Village, Headman Nyaluhana, Kegan Paul, Mundong'u Kabong'u, New York, Color Classification, Free Press, High God, Shika Village, Wadyang'amafu Village

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Schism and Continuity in an African Society: Study of Ndembu Village Life by Victor Turner on 5 pages
Schism and Continuity in an African Society: A Study of Ndembu Village Life (Classic Reprint) by Victor Turner on 4 pages
RL E: Anthropology and Ethnography: Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography) by John Middleton on 4 pages
Witchcraft and Sorcery: Selected Readings; Second Edition by Max Marwick on page 114, page 115, and page 127
Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority Among an East African People by John Middleton on page 124, page 126, and page 127

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