Dancing with the Gods: Essays in Ga Ritual

by Marion Kilson

Book Overview

This book explores cosmological concepts and ritual actions of the Ga people of southeastern Ghana through case studies of calendrical agricultural rites, social status transition rites, and redressive rites. Based on fieldwork in the 1960s, the essays present descriptive analyses of verbal and non-verbal ritual action.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761859977
• ISBN13: 9780761859970
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher