Medicinal rule a historical anthropology of kingship in east and central Africa

Medicinal rule : a historical anthropology of kingship in east and central Africa / Koen Stroeken.

Author/creator	Stroeken, Koen
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Description	ix, 316 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Chiefdoms--Africa, Central. Traditional medicine--Africa, Central. Africa, Central--Politics and government. Africa, Central--Kings and rulers.

Series	Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 35 Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 35. ^A446847
Contents	Part I: Divinatory societies -- The forest within -- Beyond Turner's watershed division -- Part II: Medicinal rule -- A Sukuma chief on medicine -- Endogenizing Vansina's equatorial tradition -- From cult to dynasty: Nilotic and Niger-Congo extensions -- Magic and the sole mode of production -- Tio shrines of the forest master -- Part III: The ceremonial state -- Kuba, Kongo and Buganda 'miracles': reversions in transition -- From divinatory to ceremonial state: narrative proof from Rwanda -- Conclusions: Reversible transitions.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-305) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018008442
ISBN	9781785339844 (hardback : alk. paper)

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