The Lele of the Kasai

by Mary Douglas

Overview

This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of non-anthropologists. The intellectural tools and examples she gained from Africanist ethnography continue to serve her explorations of European and American society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415291040
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/05/2002
Series:	Mary Douglas: Collected Works
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: The Lele on the Map; 2: The Productive Side of the Economy; 3: Distribution of Wealth; 4: The Village: Offices and Age-Sets; 5: Clans; 6: Marriage; 7: Marriage; 8: Blood Debts; 9: The Village; 10: The Role of the Aristocratic Clan in Relations Between Villages; 11: Religious Sanctions on Village Unity and the Organization of Village Cults; 12: Sorcery; 13: Control of Sorcery; 14: European Impact on Lele Society