Mambila divination: framing questions, constructing answers
"This book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination, based on continuing fieldwork with the Mambila in Cameroon. It seeks to return attention to the details of divinatory practice, using the questions asked, and life histories to help understand the perspective of the...
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| Edition: | First issued in paperback |
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| Summary: | "This book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination, based on continuing fieldwork with the Mambila in Cameroon. It seeks to return attention to the details of divinatory practice, using the questions asked, and life histories to help understand the perspective of the clients rather than that of the diviners. Drawing on a corpus of more than 600 cases, David Zeitlyn reconsiders theories of divination and compares Mambila spider divination with similar systems in the area. A detailed case study is examined, and analysed using conversational analytic principles. The regional comparison considers different kinds of explanation for different features of social organisation, leading to a discussion of the continuing utility of moderated functionalism. The book will be of interest to area specialists and scholars concerned with religion, rationality and decision making, from disciplines including anthropology, African studies and philosophy"-- |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 224 pages Illustrationen, Diagramme 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781032174082 |
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| spelling | Zeitlyn, David Verfasser (DE-588)1192676343 aut Mambila divination framing questions, constructing answers David Zeitlyn First issued in paperback London Routledge 2021 xvii, 224 pages Illustrationen, Diagramme 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Routledge studies in anthropology Introduction: Divination studies in the 21st century: Setting the research agenda -- Part one: Studying -- Techniques of divination: Studies in interpretation -- Finding meaning in the text: The process of interpretation in text-based divination: Leavis in the bush -- Spiders in and out of court: Styles of spider divination in their sociological contexts -- Divinatory logics: How diagnoses and predictions mediate outcomes -- Part two: Doing -- Mambila divination -- Case studies: Logic in action -- Part three: Using -- Framing questions: Does divination pay attention to pragmatics? -- A sociology of problems -- Divination in life histories "This book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination, based on continuing fieldwork with the Mambila in Cameroon. It seeks to return attention to the details of divinatory practice, using the questions asked, and life histories to help understand the perspective of the clients rather than that of the diviners. Drawing on a corpus of more than 600 cases, David Zeitlyn reconsiders theories of divination and compares Mambila spider divination with similar systems in the area. A detailed case study is examined, and analysed using conversational analytic principles. The regional comparison considers different kinds of explanation for different features of social organisation, leading to a discussion of the continuing utility of moderated functionalism. The book will be of interest to area specialists and scholars concerned with religion, rationality and decision making, from disciplines including anthropology, African studies and philosophy"-- Divination / Cameroon Mambila (African people) / Cameroon / Religion Mambila (African people) / Cameroon / Social life and customs Divination / Cameroun Mambila (Peuple d'Afrique) / Cameroun / Religion Mambila (Peuple d'Afrique) / Cameroun / Murs et coutumes Mambila (African people) / Social life and customs Divination Cameroon Divination / Afrique / Cameroun Mambila (peuple d'Afrique) / Afrique / Cameroun / Religion Mambila (peuple d'Afrique) / Moeurs et coutumes Online version Online-Ausgabe 9780367199517 |
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