| Title | : | The Listening Ebony: Moral Knowledge, Religion, and Power among the Uduk of Sudan |
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| ISBN | : | 0198234163 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780198234166 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 420 |
| Publication | : | First published June 30, 1988 |
This groundbreaking study explores the notions of person, and the foundations of bodily and moral experience among the Uduk-speaking people of the Sudan-Ethiopian border. James focuses particularly on enduring elements of personal knowledge in the context of a hunter's world-view, how alien religious discourse has affected the Uduk in the course of the region's political history, and the rise of a new diviners' movement based upon the oracular consultation of the burning ebony wood.
