Returning Life - Language, Life Force and History in Kilimanjaro (Hardcover)

A group of Chagga-speaking men descend the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to butcher animals and pour milk, beer, and blood on the ground, requesting rain for their continued existence. Returning Life explores how this event engages activities where life force is transferred and transformed to afford and affect beings of different kinds. Historical sources demonstrate how the phenomenon of life force encompasses coffee cash-cropping, Catholic Christianity, and colonial and post-colonial rule, and features in cognate languages from throughout the area. As this vivid ethnography explores how life projects through beings of different kinds, it brings to life concepts and practices that extend through time and space, transcending established analytics.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Methodology & History in Anthropology
Release date:	December 2017
Authors:	Knut Christian Myhre
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-665-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-78533-665-7
Barcode:	9781785336652

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