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RELIGION AND HEALING IN MANDARI

by Buxton, Jean

First Edition

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Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1973 xiv, 443 pp. + plates. Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. An anthropological study of the cattle-herding Mandari of the Southern Sudan based on fieldwork conducted in the 1950s. In particular, the author analyzes the cognitive processes and their manifestations in traditional Mandari religious thought, action, and healing. Ex-library copy (stamped "withdrawn;" call number sticker on spine, pocket, barcode, library marks). Text free of all marks. Small bumps to corners of boards. Light overall wear to boards and paper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 15 x 23 cm.

  • Bookseller: A Scholar's Tale Booksellers US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 000508
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Good
  • Jacket condition: No Jacket
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0198231741
  • ISBN 13: 9780198231745
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Place: Oxford, England
  • Date published: 1973
  • Pages: 443
  • LCCN: DT132
  • Dewey: 299/.6
  • Keywords: mandari sudan culture social anthropology ethnography history society cosmology cults religion religoius beliefs possession death kin clan ritual medicine healing nilotic africa african cognition cognitive symbolism symbols cattle husbandry
  • Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General;

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