About this title: With a new foreword by Bruce Kapferer, Professor of Anthropology, James Cook University * A reprint of the seminal anthropological work of the 1960s. Originally published by Manchester University Press. Victor Turner will be remembered as the anthropologist who developed the concept of the 'social drama', a method used extensively by anthropologists to describe and analyse the social life of a community. In essence, this technique involves analysing social crises within a community over a period of time in order to gain a better understanding of the key principles that govern the social life ...
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Description: Manchester (UK): Manchester University Press (1957) 4th printing 1972 348 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/2, large format trade paperback CONDITION: GOOD, underlining in pencil throughout & light spine creasing o/w a very good, solid copy NOTES-Fold-out maps intact. Publish on behalf of The institute for African Studies University of Zambia. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK
Date Published: 1964
Description: Second printing in hardcover with dust jacket. 348 pp. Maps, tables (some fold-out), appendices, bibliography, index. Small bumps to bottom corners, jacket is price clipped with some tiny tears, light soiling. Very Good/Very Good. read more
Binding: Paperback; Later Printing
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester, England
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780719010385ISBN:0719010381
Description: VG. Minor edge wear. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Very minor pencil underlining. Pages bright, binding solid.; 348 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780854962822ISBN:0854962824
Description: New. Size: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches; Remainder mark. Near fine in publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780854962822ISBN:0854962824
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A & C BLACK PUBLISHERS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780854962822ISBN:0854962824
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 404 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (404 pages) this is a "social drama" study, which focuses on the village life of the ndembu of zambia who were then under british rule. the social constraints, such as the matrilineally-inherited headmansh1p system, and the releases from these constraints, provoked crises which caused disruption and pain. bibliography, index part v. 1 edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Third Reprint
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Manchester University Press for the University of Zambia, Great Britain
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780719010385ISBN:0719010381
Description: Good in None jacket. Paper Back First published 1957. 348 pages with index and two fold-out Genealogies after index. Textblock has some pencilled notations, none after page 152. Spine is tight. Yellow wraps with sticker on spine and stain at bottomm back. Wraps are scratched. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1972
Description: VG+ A LITTLE UNDERLINING FIRST FEW PAGES.; PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA BY MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS. -YELLOW COVERS W RED LETTERING.; 8vo; 348 pages. read more
Edition: First edition. Lst ed reprinted.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern...
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. 348p., ill., 23 cm. Lst ed originally published (B58-2311) 1957. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780854962822ISBN:0854962824
Description: New. This is a "social drama" study, which focuses on the village life of the Ndembu of Zambia who were then under British rule. The social constraints, such as the matrilineally-inherited headmanship system, and the releases from these constraints, provok... read more
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