Many opposing theories have been elaborated by different
anthropologists in an attempt to explain the nature of symbolism.
In this work Nigel Barley uses a particular ethnographic case to
examine the relevance and limitations of these existing theories
and to develop a new alternative approach which draws on areas of
linguistics and folkloristics at one time neglected by symbolic
theorists. The book is a detailed study of the symbolic universe of
the Dowayos of north Cameroon, as displayed in their ritual and
beliefs. Considering matters as diverse as their oral literature,
their material culture and their festivals, Dr Barley's analysis
develops by unfolding sequentially a map of the symbolic structures
that underlie Dowayo culture and shape their apperception of the
world about them. This book will be particularly useful for
students. It will also interest all anthropologists concerned with
the study of symbolism and with the application to anthropology of
models derived from linguistics and folklore.
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