Interpreting luguru religious practice through colonialist eyes: Child sacrifice and East African dance in Brett Young's The Crescent Moon
Public perceptions of indigenous African religious life have been heavily influenced by its representation in imaginative literature and film, both before and after serious scholarly investigations yielded detailed analyses in little-read professional journals and other academic publications. While...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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ASRSA
[2015]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 06-22 |
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Young, Francis Brett 1884-1954, The crescent moon
/ Tanzania
/ Luguru (African people)
/ Nature religion
/ Child sacrifice
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Luguru (African people)
B Missionaries B Francis Brett Young B Tanzania B Child Sacrifice B African Religion B East Africa |
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