Sacrifice in Africa
A Structuralist Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2592687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wyatt Macgaffey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 460 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach (African Systems of Thought), Linda Obrien, 1985 |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/484463 |
| OpenAlex | W2796927018 |
| Language | EN |
Archaeology · Political science · Sacrifice · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History
Averting danger
Acts of Neolithic ritualization associated with Levantine bovine figurines
Dual Systems in Rwanda
The role of earth shrines in the socio-symbolic construction of the Dogon territory
Positive perceptions about the aardvark ( Orycteropus afer ) are inadequate to protect the species in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Kālī’s Tongue
Ubuntu is Not Only about the Human! An Analysis of the Role of African Philosophy and Ethics in Environment Management
"Sealing" the Koran
Stories of sacrifice from below
The sacrificed lives of the caring class
History, Structure, and Ritual
Passion of the Rain Chief
Civilisation Recast
Divided Loyalties
Gift of the Body in Islam
Cultural convergence in the Neolithic of the Nile Valley
The Use of Animals in Birth Protection Rituals and Possible Uses of Stone Figurines from the Central Sahel
Monument 65
Catholic-Maya Sacrificial Commitments
To separate is to sustain
The Egalitarian King
The optimistic utopia
Refracting Affects
Haunting Griaule
The political economy of sacrifice
Aesthetics and politics of violence in Central Africa
Indigenous discrimination
Dog
Anthropology and Circumcision
Tropes, Materiality, and Ritual Embodiment of African Iron Smelting Furnaces as Human Figures
Materiality, affection, personhood
Keeping God's distance
Making the King Divine
Embodying Charisma
Selective Borrowing? The Possibility of San Shamanistic Influence on Southern Bantu Divination and Healing Practices
The "Self-Animal" and Divine Digestion
Love and death of cattle
The Commitment to the Delicate World
Revolución o muerte
Molders of Mud
Time for Self-Sacrifice
The Other Side of Sacrifice
A Shared Intentional Space of Witch-Hunt and Sacrifice
The Pa Sése festival of the Nage of Bo'a Wae (Central Flores)
The flow of life in Buntao'; Southeast Asian animism reconsidered
Race and Allegory in Mass Culture
In the Name of the Nation
The State of Research on Performance in Africa
Myths, Gender, Birds, Beads
Patronage, Millennialism and the Serpent God Mumbo in South-West Kenya, 1912-34
Dangerous to eat
Topics and Tangents for Mutual Help in Uncertainty
The Good, the Bad, and the Dead
| Highly cited | No |
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