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Of Alien Kings and Perpetual Kin: Contradiction and Ambiguity in Ruwund (Lunda) Symbolic Thought: v. 1 (Anthropology Matters) - Tapa dura

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9780954557270: Of Alien Kings and Perpetual Kin: Contradiction and Ambiguity in Ruwund (Lunda) Symbolic Thought: v. 1 (Anthropology Matters)
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ISBN 10: 0954557271 ISBN 13: 9780954557270
Editorial: Sean Kingston Publishing, 2006

Sinopsis

Of Alien Kings and Perpetual Kin presents a detailed understanding and analysis of the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund (Lunda) of southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In doing so the text is drawn into addressing a range of important regional themes: the debate on the concept of the ’culture hero’ in central African traditions of state formation; the system of ’perpetual kinship’; issues of hierarchy; and the symbolic use of space in royal ritual. All these lead to an analysis that stresses the fluidity and ambiguity of symbolic thought. In this, this innovative work questions the heuristic and theoretical validity of the concept of ’opposition’ as used in theoretical models applied to the study of symbolism in which terms are self-contained and mutually exclusive.

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Of Alien Kings and Perpetual Kin presents a detailed understanding and analysis of the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund (Lunda) of southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In doing so the text is drawn into addressing a range of important regional themes: the debate on the concept of the 'culture hero' in central African traditions of state formation; the system of 'perpetual kinship'; issues of hierarchy; and the symbolic use of space in royal ritual. All these lead to an analysis that stresses the fluidity and ambiguity of symbolic thought. In this, this innovative work questions the heuristic and theoretical validity of the concept of 'opposition' as used in theoretical models applied to the study of symbolism in which terms are self-contained and mutually exclusive.

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Editorial
Sean Kingston Publishing
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0954557271
ISBN 13 
9780954557270
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
192
Contacto del fabricante
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