Resisting state iconoclasm among the Loma of Guinea
By: by Christian Højbjerg.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594602184
Subjects: Toma (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies; Toma (African people) -- Religion; Toma (African people) -- Politics and government; Guinea -- History; Guinea -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The one and the many : Guinean policies of iconoclasm; title: The Loma; title: The art of Loma masking; title: Belief-fixation : the transmission and acquisition of religious knowledge; title: Ritual speech in sale sacrifice; title: Inner iconoclasm; title: Loma male initiation; title: Democratisation, violence, and secret society politics; title: Identity politics; title: Religious reflexivity : steps to an epidemiology of Loma religion.