Medicinal Rule : A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa.
Stroeken, Koen.
Medicinal Rule : A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages) - Methodology and History in Anthropology Series ; v.35 . - Methodology and History in Anthropology Series .
Intro -- Medicinal Rule -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Language -- Abbreviations of Referenced Works -- Introduction: Endogenous Kingship -- Part I - Divinatory Societies -- Chapter 1 - The Forest Within -- Chapter 2 - Beyond Turner's Watershed Division -- Part II - Medicinal Rule -- Chapter 3 - A Sukuma Chief on Medicine -- Chapter 4 - Endogenizing Vansina's Equatorial Tradition -- Chapter 5 - From Cult to Dynasty: Nilotic and Niger-Congo Extensions -- Illustration Gallery -- Chapter 6 - Magic and the Sole Mode of Production -- Chapter 7 - Tio Shrines of the Forest Maker -- Part III - The Ceremonial State -- Chapter 8 - Kuba, Kongo and Buganda 'Miracles': Reversions in Transition -- Chapter 9 - From Divinatory to Ceremonial State: Narrative Proof from Rwanda -- Conclusion - Reversible Traditions -- References -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Medicinal Rule".
9781785339851
Electronic books.
GN492.55 .S77 2018
306.20967
Medicinal Rule : A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages) - Methodology and History in Anthropology Series ; v.35 . - Methodology and History in Anthropology Series .
Intro -- Medicinal Rule -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Language -- Abbreviations of Referenced Works -- Introduction: Endogenous Kingship -- Part I - Divinatory Societies -- Chapter 1 - The Forest Within -- Chapter 2 - Beyond Turner's Watershed Division -- Part II - Medicinal Rule -- Chapter 3 - A Sukuma Chief on Medicine -- Chapter 4 - Endogenizing Vansina's Equatorial Tradition -- Chapter 5 - From Cult to Dynasty: Nilotic and Niger-Congo Extensions -- Illustration Gallery -- Chapter 6 - Magic and the Sole Mode of Production -- Chapter 7 - Tio Shrines of the Forest Maker -- Part III - The Ceremonial State -- Chapter 8 - Kuba, Kongo and Buganda 'Miracles': Reversions in Transition -- Chapter 9 - From Divinatory to Ceremonial State: Narrative Proof from Rwanda -- Conclusion - Reversible Traditions -- References -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Medicinal Rule".
9781785339851
Electronic books.
GN492.55 .S77 2018
306.20967