Divination's Grasp - African Encounters with the Almost Said (Paperback)

Richard Werbner takes readers on a journey though contemporary charismatic wisdom divination in southern Africa. Beginning with the silent language of the divinatory lots, Werbner deciphers the everyday, metaphorical, and poetic language that is used to reveal their meaning. Through Werbner's skillful interpretations of the language of divination, a picture of Tswapong moral imagination is revealed. Concerns about dignity and personal illumination, witchcraft, pollution, the anger of dead ancestors, as well as the nature of life, truth, cosmic harmony, being, and becoming emerge in this charged African setting.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Richard Werbner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-01889-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-253-01889-7
Barcode:	9780253018892

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