Searching and Syncretism: A West African Documentation
This is a simple, but fascinating account of the books and some other objects in an Africans home. The implications derived from the inventory are most pertinent. Of the vast array of religious objects, habits, ceremonies, and ideas which confronts the variegated world of humanity, which ones are be...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1961
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Practical anthropology
Year: 1961, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 106-110 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This is a simple, but fascinating account of the books and some other objects in an Africans home. The implications derived from the inventory are most pertinent. Of the vast array of religious objects, habits, ceremonies, and ideas which confronts the variegated world of humanity, which ones are being chosen by those people, or groups of people who are free to make their own choice? Why are these choices being made? What are they doing with their selections? Such could be the subjects of many significant articles in Practical Anthropology. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical anthropology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182966100800302 |
