Weaving the Threads of Life
Rene Devisch
The University of Chicago Press, 1993
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For the Yaka of Southwestem Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of re-weaving the damaged strands. Here, Devisch offers an extended analysis of the Khita cult and an account of the workings of ritual healing.
- ISBN-13
- 9780226143620
- ISBN-10
- 0226143627
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 1993
- Publication date
- 1993-11-01
- Pages
- 344
- Dimensions
- 153x231x21
- Weight
- 498