Resisting state iconoclasm among the Loma of Guinea
Introduction -- The one and the many : Guinean policies of iconoclasm -- The Loma -- The art of Loma masking -- Belief-fixation : the transmission and acquisition of religious knowledge -- Ritual speech in sale sacrifice -- Inner iconoclasm -- Loma male initiation -- Democratisation, violence and se...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, NC
Carolina Academic Press
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Guinea
/ Toma
/ Anthropology
B Guinea / Toma / Religion / Ritual |
| Further subjects: | B
Toma (African people)
Politics and government
B Guinea Social life and customs B Thesis B Toma (African people) Rites and ceremonies B Toma (African people) Religion B Guinea History |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Table of contents only |
| Summary: | Introduction -- The one and the many : Guinean policies of iconoclasm -- The Loma -- The art of Loma masking -- Belief-fixation : the transmission and acquisition of religious knowledge -- Ritual speech in sale sacrifice -- Inner iconoclasm -- Loma male initiation -- Democratisation, violence and secret society politics -- Identity politics -- Religious reflexivity : steps to an epidemiology of Loma religion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1594602182 |