Those Who Play With Fire

Gender, Fertility and Transformation in East and Southern Africa

Todd Sanders editor Bwire Kaare editor Henrietta Moore editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Jan '99

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Also available in paperback, 9780826463678 GBP16.99 (January, 1999)

Whether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of 'male' and 'female' serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the worldWhether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of 'male' and 'female' serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the world. Those Who Play With Fire introduces recent gender theory to the analysis of African ethnography, exploring the ways in which ideational gender categories permeate African systems of thought and ritual practices. Thus, the book provides a powerful framework with which to evaluate previous ethnographic material on Africa. In addition, Those Who Play With Fire presents a broad range of new case studies - of hunter-gatherers, agriculturalists and pastoralists - revealing the varied and complex ways in which African ideas and ideals of what it means to be 'male' and 'female' broadly inform and give meaning to a wide range of transformative rituals.

ISBN: 9780485195699

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

320 pages