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Space, time and bodiliness in Dogon funeralsarticle 1991 • Verboven, Dirk
Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
In this paper Verboven examines the bodily movements of Dogon funeral rituals and interpretes them in relation to the Dogon social and cosmological order. According to Verboven, cultural meaning is derived from the body. The body is the basis for rel...