Beschreibung
This book purports to show that ritual is a very important stabilizing factor in a society. It also acts in a didactic fashion and provides individuals with psychological security, a guard against personal angst and social anomie. Much data is drawn from Dr. Mendonsas fieldwork among the Sisala of Northern Ghana. The empirical findings in the African research have implications of the malaise that has overcome America. Perhaps, this is due to a loss of ritual in everyday life.
Autorenportrait
Dr. Eugene L. Mendonsa holds a Ph.D in social anthropology from Cambridge University in England. He is the author of numerous academic books, as well as books of fiction. He produced and directed the ethnographic film "Sisala Divination: The Mystic Tradition".
