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Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha
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Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha / by Nkosinathi Sithole.
ISBN
9789004317222 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004317228 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004320628 (online)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Physical Description
vii, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Other formats
Online version: Sithole, Nkosinathi, author. Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha Boston : Brill, 2016
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2016
Series
Studies of religion in Africa ; volume 45
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Beyond African nationalism : Isaiah Shembe and his hymns
The Bible, the hymns, and Shembe's sense of self
The sacred dance and the question of resistance
Virginity, sexual abstinence and the maidens' rituals
Male circumcision, marriage and the notion of (in)completeness
Dress codes and the poetics of performance in the sacred dance
Conclusion.
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