An edition of Xhosa beer drinking rituals (2004)

Xhosa beer drinking rituals

power, practice, and performance in the South African rural periphery

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An edition of Xhosa beer drinking rituals (2004)

Xhosa beer drinking rituals

power, practice, and performance in the South African rural periphery

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Language
English
Pages
355

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Beer, colonialism, and social change in southern Africa
Power, practice, and performance : a theoretical orientation
Characteristics of the rural field
Ritual beer drinking, other drinks and other rituals
Going to war : rituals of labour migration
Snakes, blood, money, and migration
Brewing, beer talk, preparations, and preliminaries
Space and the social order
Beer distribution and consumption
Modification and improvisation
Speech, practice and performance
Beer drink oratory and social reproduction
Power and gender
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Durham, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.896/3985
Library of Congress
DT1768.X57 M35 2005, DT1768.X57 M35 2006, DT1768.X57M35 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
355

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3399029M
ISBN 10
0890890218
LCCN
2005012709
OCLC/WorldCat
60321773
Goodreads
2215503

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1753636W

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