Planes of Classification in a Ritual of Life and Death
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23733713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Turner (0000-0002-4591-9200), Roger D Abrahams |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-43 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ritual Process (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315134666-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2914913703 |
| ISBN | 9781315134666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter explores the semantics of ritual symbols in Isoma , a ritual of the Ndembu, and to construct from the observational and exegetical data a model of the semantic structure of the symbolism. The binary-opposition red cock/white hen is significant in at least three sets of classifications in Isoma . Indeed, single symbols may represent the points of interconnection between separate planes of classification. The Ndembu belong to a great congeries of West and Central African cultures, which conjoin with considerable skill in wood-carving and the plastic arts an elaborate development of ritual symbolism. In other Ndembu ritual contexts, movement represents life and stillness death: the cock is consecrated for slaughter. Lewis Henry Morgan, though he faithfully recorded many religious ceremonies, had a marked disinclination to give the study of religion the same piercing attention he devoted to kinship and politics.
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |