African ceremonies / Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher.
African ceremonies / Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher.
By
:
Beckwith, Carol, 1945-
Publication Date
:
1999
Publication Information
:
New York : Harry N. Abrams,
Physical Description
:
2 v. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
:
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa.
Ritual -- Africa.
Initiation rites -- Africa.
Marriage customs and rites -- Africa.
Geographic Term
:
Africa -- Religious life and customs.
Africa -- Social life and customs.
Additional Contributors
:
Fisher, Angela.
Summary
:
The monumental two-volume original edition of African Ceremonies has sold a remarkable 30,000 copies in the United States alone at a retail price of $150. Now Abrams is proud to publish a newly designed, very affordable one-volume edition of this definitive work on the traditional rituals of Africa, containing more than half the magnificent photographs that were in the original edition plus new images that will focus fresh attention on specific ceremonies. Many of these rituals are vanishing; never have they been portrayed with the intimacy and skill that Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher bring to this glorious book.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780810942059
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC OVERSIZE - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction Oversize - Basement | 392.096 B38 | v. 1 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC OVERSIZE - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction Oversize - Basement | 392.096 B38 | v. 2 | NonCirculating |