Symbolic Structures : An Exploration of the Culture of the Dowayos (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The ethnographic background; 2. Symbolism and the punctuation of culture; 3. Some problems of the representational model of symbolism; 4. The leopard cannot change his spots; 5. Water and fertility; 6. Tarniisnohgbarklele: 'the place where the old Fulani woman was beaten to death'; 7. 'It is only thanks to me that you were circumcised'; 8. The seasons of the year and the joker in the pack: relations of nesting and quotation; Appendix: The festivals; Notes; Bibliography; Index.