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Gusii funerals: meanings of life and death in an African community
Ethos • 10 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 26-65
By: LeVine, Robert Alan.
Abstract
According to LeVine the funerals of the Gusii, like those of other African peoples, are occasions for dramatic public statements about the meanings of particular lives and of life in general. This article attempts to explicate those meanings on the basis of the author's own observations of Gusii funerals and from the information provided by informants on this topic. LeVine's primary objective in this study is to describe how Gusii view their own death rituals and to provide a context for unerstanding the place of these rituals in the personal experience of Gusii individuals (p. 26).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1955-1957, 1964, 1974-1976
- Coverage Date
- 1955-1976
- Coverage Place
- southwestern Kenya
- Notes
- Robert A. LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65)
- LCCN
- 73643517
- LCSH
- Gusii (African people)