Active dead or alive: Some Kenyan views about the agency of Luo and Luyia women pre- and post-mortem

Paying attention to burial disputes can help us to understand better matters relating to gender, kinship, community, agency, and power. Since Luo and Luyia believe that life after death is a significant part of a person's life, paying attention to 'the hold death has' upon people is i...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Nancy (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2000
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2000, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 433-467
Further subjects:B Luhya
B Manners and customs
B Einflussgröße
B Luo
B People
B Religion
B Ethnology
B Custom
B Kenya
B Teaching
B Religious practice
B Cult of the dead
B Tree trunk Ethnology
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