Wayward servants : the two worlds of the African pygmies /
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| Language: | English |
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Garden City, New York :
Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press,
1965, ©1965.
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| Edition: | [First edition]. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I : Introduction
- 1 : Objectives
- Limitations
- Execution
- Field technique
- Results
- 2 : Orientation
- The People and the environment
- Mbuti, BaMbuti, Bambuti
- Ethnographic background
- pt. II : The Village world
- 3 : The Mbuti / villager relationship
- The Question of dependence
- Economic reciprocity
- The Need for control
- 4 : The Notion of hereditary ownership
- 5 : The Notion of supernatural control
- The Village supernatural
- Curative magic
- Witchcraft
- Village sorcery
- 6 : Village religion
- Nkumbi
- Karé
- Elima
- Marriage
- Death
- The Village molima mourning ceremony
- 7 : Flux and instability
- pt. III : The Forest world
- 8 : The Band
- Territory
- Composition
- Fragmentation, fission and fusion
- The Family
- Age groups
- 9 : The Life cycle
- Daily life
- Birth
- Puberty : the elima
- Marriage
- Death
- 10 : The Economy
- The Band as an economic unit
- Division of labor
- Hunting techniques
- Gathering
- Honey
- Economic aspects of territory
- Economic relations between hunting bands
- Economic relations between band and village
- Economic authority
- 11 : Government : internal
- Internal relationships
- Disputes concerning food
- Disputes concerning sex
- Disputes concerning territory
- Disputes concerning trivia
- Disputes concerning theft
- Disputes concerning the village
- 12 : Government : external
- Band to band
- Marriage
- Trespass
- Interfamily exchange
- Band to village
- Capita / chief
- Lineage elders / kpara
- Karé / karé
- Individual economic relationships
- 13 : Magic, witchcraft and sorcery
- Magic
- Witchcraft
- Sorcery
- Legend of Mbuti plantation
- Legend of double trickery
- 14 : Religion
- Supernatural beliefs
- Pepo
- Keti
- Boru
- Roho
- Satani (also Shaitani)
- The Godhead
- The Power of sound
- The Lesser molimo (molimo madé)
- The Greater molimo (molimo mangbo)
- 15 : Principles of organization (I)
- 16 : Principles of organization (II)
- Appendix I : The Legend of double trickery and the legend of the Mbuti plantation
- Appendix II : Medical treatment
- Appendix III : Maps, tables and plans.