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Weaving the Threads of Life : The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult among the Yaka
Weaving the Threads of Life The Khita GynEcoLogical Healing Cult among the Yaka
Author: Rene Devisch
For the Yaka of Southwestern Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of reweaving the damaged strands. In Weaving the Threads of Life Rene Devisch offers an extended analysis of the Khita cult, which leads to an original account of the workings of ritual healing. — D...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226143613
ISBN-10: 0226143619
Publication Date: 11/1/1993
Pages: 344
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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