Death, Property and the Ancestors: A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lodagaa of West AfricaPsychology Press, 2004 - 452 Seiten Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. |
Inhalt
The People and the Problem | 3 |
Approaches to the Study of Mortuary Institutions | 13 |
The Analysis of Ceremony and Rite | 31 |
DEATH | 47 |
The Day of Death | 49 |
Mourning the Dead | 86 |
The Second Day | 122 |
The Burial of the Dead | 129 |
PROPERTY | 271 |
Intergenerational Transmission and Its Conflicts | 273 |
Property | 284 |
Inheritance | 304 |
Succession and Inheritance Among the LoDagaa | 328 |
The Eschatology of the LoDagaa | 361 |
Diis Manibus | 379 |
Spirit Mediumship and Society in Africa Beattie | 413 |
Income and Outlay | 156 |
After the Burial | 183 |
The Causes of Death | 208 |
The Bitter Funeral Beer | 220 |
The Final Ceremony | 235 |
Conclusions | 416 |
Bibliography | 436 |
Widows and their Families Marris | 441 |
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