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Devisch:
Weaving the Threads of Life: Khita Gyn-eco-logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka - Paperback

ISBN: 0226143627

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Devisch:
Weaving the Threads of Life: Khita Gyn-eco-logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka - Paperback

ISBN: 0226143627

[SR: 601118], Paperback, [EAN: 9780226143620], University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press, Book, [PU: University of Chicago Press], 1993-08-01, University of Chicago Press, 270608, Complementary Medicine, 270609, Acupressure, 270610, Acupuncture, 270611, Aromatherapy, 270612, Ayurveda, 270613, Chiropractic & Osteopathy, 270615, Healing, 270616, Herbal Remedies, 270617, Holism, 270618, Homoeopathy, 270620, Massage, 270629, Mind-Body Medicine, 270630, Naturopathy, 270631, Reflexology, 270632, Traditional Medicine & Remedies, 270633, Vitamins, 74, Health, Family & Lifestyle, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 270753, Popular Medicine, 270733, Health Issues, 74, Health, Family & Lifestyle, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 923004, Higher Education, 922234, Education, 278028, Earth Sciences & Geography, 57, Science & Nature, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 278057, Geography, 278059, Cartography, Geodesy & Geographic Information Systems, 278066, Discovery & Exploration, 496656, Economic, 772194, History, 278074, Physical, 276829, Reference, 278028, Earth Sciences & Geography, 57, Science & Nature, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 4119261, Academic Sociology, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 496410, Philosophers, 276315, Philosophy, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276413, Social & Cultural, 276412, Anthropology, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 496674, Cultural Studies, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276534, Black Studies, 276533, Multicultural Studies, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276522, Sociology, 496634, Family & Social Groups, 276303, Law & Disorder, 496644, Methodology & Research, 276447, Population & Demography, 276482, Social Issues, 276530, Sociological Theories, 496640, Sociology of Work, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books

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Devisch, Rene / Devisch, Renaat:
Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita GYN-Eco-Logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka - used book

ISBN: 9780226143620

ID: 748423

For the Yaka of Southwestern Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the "Khita" fertility ritual is a trusted way of reweaving the damaged strands. In "Weaving the Threads of Life" Rene Devisch offers an extended analysis of the "Khita" cult, which leads to an original account of the workings of ritual healing. Drawing on many years among urban and rural Yaka, Devisch analyzes their understanding of existence as a fabric of firmly but delicately interwoven threads of nature, body, and society. The fertility healing ritual calls forth forces, feelings, and meanings that allow women to rejoin themselves to the complex pattern of social and cosmic life. These elaborate rites--whether simulating mortal agony and rebirth, gestation and delivery, or flowering and decay; using music and dance, steambath or massage, dream messages or scarification--are not based on symbols of traditional beliefs. Rather, Devisch shows, the rites themselves generate forces and meaning, creating and shaping the cosmic, physical, and social world of their participants. In contrast to current theoretical methods such as postmodern or symbolical interpretation, Devisch's praxiological approach is unique in also using phenomenological insights into the intent and results of anthropological fieldwork. This innovative work will have ramifications beyond African studies, reaching into the anthropology of medicine and the body, comparative religious history, and women's studies. Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita GYN-Eco-Logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka Devisch, Rene / Devisch, Renaat, University of Chicago Press

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Rene Devisch:
Weaving the Threads of Life : The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult among the Yaka - used book

ISBN: 0226143627

ID: 4453591

For the Yaka of Southwestern Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of reweaving the damaged strands. In Weaving the Threads of Life Rene Devisch offers an extended analysis of the Khita cult, which leads to an original account of the workings of ritual healing. Drawing on many years among urban and rural Yaka, Devisch analyzes their understanding of existence as a fabric of firmly but delicately interwoven threads of nature, body, and society. The fertility healing ritual calls forth forces, feelings, and meanings that allow women to rejoin themselves to the complex pattern of social and cosmic life. These elaborate riteswhether simulating mortal agony and rebirth, gestation and delivery, or flowering and decay; using music and dance, steambath or massage, dream messages or scarificationare not based on symbols of traditional beliefs. Rather, Devisch shows, the rites themselves generate forces and meaning, creating and shaping the cosmic, physical, and social world of their participants. In contrast to current theoretical methods such as postmodern or symbolical interpretation, Devisch's praxiological approach is unique in also using phenomenological insights into the intent and results of anthropological fieldwork. This innovative work will have ramifications beyond African studies, reaching into the anthropology of medicine and the body, comparative religious history, and women's studies. anthropology,cultural,earth sciences,ethnic studies,geography,health,health fitness and dieting,politics and social sciences,regional,religion Geography, University of Chicago Press

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Rene Devisch:
Weaving the Threads of Life - Paperback

1993, ISBN: 9780226143620

ID: 772058

Khita Gyn-eco-logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka, [ED: 2], 2nd ed., Softcover, Buch, [PU: University of Chicago Press]