In the shadow of the oracle : religion as politics in a Suriname Maroon society /
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| Author / Creator: | Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E. |
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| Imprint: | Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2004. |
| Description: | xiv, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5164090 |
Table of Contents:
- On suriname's maroons / Dirk van der Elst
- 1. The world of the Ndyuka
- 2. Another part of the Atlantic world
- 3. The oracle and the ghost
- 4. A typical day at the Gaan Tata oracle
- 5. A witch called coba
- 6. Saka retaliates and finds a diva
- 7. The abominable institution
- 8. A divine disciplinarian
- 9. Dikii and the king of the wilderness
- 10. The return of Dikii
- 11. The Gods parley again
- 12. Wensi : destroyer and experimenter
- 13. A time of uncertainty
- 14. Akalali : a fury unleashed
- 15. Demons
- 16. The jungle commando's obiya
- 17. Doing anthropology among the Ndyuka
- Epilogue.
