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Author Fry, Peter, 1941-

Title Spirits of protest : spirit-mediums and the articulation of consensus among the Zezuru of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) / Peter Fry
Published Cambridge, Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1976]
©1976

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Description viii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 14
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 14
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements; Conventions; Introduction; 1. The secular background; 2. Magico-religious beliefs - the moral significance of explanation; 3. The sociology of spirit-mediumship; 4. Zezaru flexibility and Korekore rigidity; 5. Spirit-mediums in ritual action; 6. Spirit-mediums and missionaries; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Analysis Zimbabwe Chiota Tribal Trust Land Zezuru Spiritualism Mediums
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 133-136
Includes index
Notes Cambridge studies in social anthropology no:14 0068-6794
Subject Zimbabwe African People's Union.
Spiritualism -- Zimbabwe.
Spiritualism -- Zimbabwe African People's Union
Zezuru (African people) -- Religion.
LC no. 75020832
ISBN 0521210526