The Lele of the Kasai

By Mary Douglas

Book Overview

This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of non-anthropologists. The intellectural tools and examples she gained from Africanist ethnography continue to serve her explorations of European and American society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415606721
• ISBN13: 9780415606721
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"