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Chisungu A Girl's Initiation Ceremony among the Bemba of Zambia

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ISBN-10: 041503695X

ISBN-13: 9780415036955

Edition: 2nd 1982

Authors: Audrey Richards, Jean de La Fontaine

List price: $58.95
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Description:

Audrey Richards's observation of the entire chisungu or female initiation rite, is one of the few fascinating studies to deal exclusively with the initiation of girls into adult life. The author shows how puberty rituals reflect tribal attitudes to sex, fertility, marriage, and the rearing of children, and celebrate the attainment of sexual and social maturity. Her detailed description of chisungu and her analysis of Bemba matrilinear society, make this a classic ethnographic work.
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Book details

List price: $58.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/25/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English