Qui a obstrué la cascade?
Analyse sémantique du rituel de la circoncision chez les Komo du Zaire

This book, which is in French, derives from a detailed empirical study of the Komo.

Wauthier De Mahieu (Author)

9780521109352, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 June 2009

456 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.66 kg

This book, which is in French, derives from a detailed empirical study of the Komo, a population of some 60,000 hunter-gatherers in Zaire. Dr de Mahieu builds a new theory of ritual practice on to his description and analysis of circumcision rituals among the Komo, and draws important comparisons between the significance of these rituals to the actual participants and to wider Komo society and beliefs.

Introduction
Premiere Partie: Les origines du gandja et ses celebrations ordinaries
Deuxieme Partie: Le cycle du gandja
Conclusions
Bibliographie
Index des auteurs
Index des matieres.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]