THE SHONA PEOPLES: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE CONTEMPORARY By M. F. C. Bourdillon

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ISBN-10
0869221884
Publication Name
Mambo Press
Type
Paperback
Item Height
8.5 inches
Item Weight
1.11 pounds
ISBN
9780869221884
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Shona People : an Ethnography of Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to Their Religion
Illustrator
Yes
Author
M.F.C. Bourdillon
Publisher
Mambo Press
Genre
Social Science
Item Length
8.5 in
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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Publisher
Mambo Press
ISBN-10
0869221884
ISBN-13
9780869221884
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4758086

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Book Title
Shona People : an Ethnography of Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to Their Religion
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2004
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Author
M.F.C. Bourdillon
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Newly reissued, this book is still regarded as one of the best synthesis of ethnographic research undertaken amongst the Shona people, taking indigenous religion and culture as a starting point. The author, a renowned anthropologist and sociologist of Zimbabwe, examines the historical background and sources of Shona history from the fifteenth century. He details, from anthropological perspectives, kinship and village organisation including patrilineal kinship, Shona marriage and the position of women in Shona society. The author explores the subsistence and cash economies of the Shona peoples, their contribution to commercial farming, their use of land, and their function as a migrant labour force. Further sections focus on chiefship, courts; and interpretations of sickness, personal misfortune, witchcraft, death and the afterlife. The final sections of the book consider the functions of traditional religion at family and tribal levels; the interface between traditional and new religions; and rural and urban influences, amongst the Shona people.
LC Classification Number
DT962.42

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