Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult among the Yaka - Rene Devisch - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226143620 - November 1, 1993
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Rene Devisch
Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult among the Yaka 1st edition

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For the Yaka of Southwestem Zaire, infertility is a tear in the fabric of life, and the Khita fertility ritual is a trusted way of re-weaving the damaged strands. Here, Devisch offers an extended analysis of the Khita cult and an account of the workings of ritual healing.

344 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 1, 1993
ISBN13 9780226143620
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 344
Dimensions 231 × 153 × 21 mm   ·   498 g
Language English  

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