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Author Myhre, Knut Christian, 1971- author.

Title Returning life : language, life force and history in Kilimanjaro / Knut Christian Myhre
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages)
Series Methodology and history in anthropology ; volume 32
Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 32.
Contents Prologue -- Introduction -- Kaa : historical transformations in production and habitation -- Ialika : marrying as a mode of extension -- Horu : channelling bodies and shifting subjects in an engaging world -- Idamira : burial as emplacement and displacement -- Iabisa : cursing as a linguistic and material practice -- Ngakuuriya moo : returning life, affording rain
Summary A group of Chagga-speaking men descend the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to butcher animals and pour milk, beer, and blood on the ground, requesting rain for their continued existence. Returning Life explores how this event engages activities where life-force is transferred and transformed to afford and affect beings of different kinds. Historical sources demonstrate how the phenomenon of life-force encompasses coffee cash-cropping, Catholic Christianity, and colonial and post-colonial rule, and features in cognate languages from throughout the area. As this vivid ethnography explores how life projects through beings of different kinds, it brings to life concepts and practices that extend through time and space, transcending established analytics.--Publisher's summary
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2018)
Subject Chaga (African people) -- Tanzania -- Social life and customs
Chaga (African people) -- Tanzania -- Rites and ceremonies
Ethnology -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
Chaga (African people) -- Social life and customs
Ethnology
Tanzania
Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017051665
ISBN 9781785336669
1785336665