{"product_id":"chisungu-9780367540944","title":"Chisungu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudrey Richards (1899-1984) was a leading British anthropologist of the twentieth century and the first woman president of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Based on fieldwork conducted at a time when the discipline was dominated by male anthropologists, \u003ci\u003eChisungu: A Girl's Initiation Ceremony Among the Bemba of Zambia\u003c\/i\u003e is widely hailed as a classic of anthropology and African and gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderpinned by painstaking research carried out by Richards among the Bemba people in northern Zambia in the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eChisungu\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the initiation ceremonies for young Bemba girls. Pioneering the study of women's rituals and challenging the prevailing theory that rites of passage served merely to transfer individuals from one status to another, Richards writes about the incredibly rich and diverse aspects of ritual that characterised Chisungu: its concern with matriliny; deference to elders; sex and reproduction; the birth of children; ideas about the continu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"…a classic for the study of initiation rites\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"…a pioneer study of a rite de passage\" - \u003ci\u003eAfrican Affairs \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"For fifty years, Audrey Richards enriched anthropology; her contribution during that time was one of its guiding lights. Throughout her long and fruitful life, as teacher, administrator, and social analyst, she assayed kinship, nutrition, fertility, labor, migration and ritual, in studies that are classics in their field.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword to the \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Classics\u003c\/em\u003e Edition \u003cem\u003eJessica Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e Introduction \u003cem\u003eJean La Fontaine\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Cultural Setting\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. Environment and Activities 2. Ideology and Dogma 3. Social Structure 4. The Marriage Contract 5. Accepted Sex Roles \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e 6. The Ritual Type 7. The Actors in the Ceremony 8. The Character of the Rite 9. The Ceremony 10. Calendar of Events at Chisungu Performed at Chinsali \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: The Interpretation of the Ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e 11. Methods of Interpretation 12. Expressed Purposes of the Chisungu 13. Deduced Attitudes 14. The Chisingu in Relation to Tribal Dogma and Values 15. Unconscious Tensions and Conflicts 16. Pragmatic Effects. \u003cem\u003eAppendix A: The Distribution of Chisungu Ceremonies in Central Africa \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix B: Songs Sung During the Ceremony \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017948102999,"sku":"9780367540944","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367540944.jpg?v=1750775167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chisungu-9780367540944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}