‘Blood Follows Blood’

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2022.660203

K. Opande, W. Onyango-Ouma, W. Subbo

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Abstract

Among the Luo of Kenya, blood carries potencies that make life. The common saying ‘blood follows blood’ embodies this flow of potencies between different entities (human and non-human) that creates life and changes life-courses. The materiality of blood is agentive here, in the sense that it produces diverse human conditions. Examples are given specifically from life-cycle rituals, prayers, and healing practices of a Luo community in western Kenya. Ultimately, the sentient agency of blood defines the essence and dimensions of life in this case. Our focus on the conditions and processes that make life is contrasted with culturalist approaches, which misrecognize life plurality.

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《血债血偿》

在肯尼亚的卢奥族人中，血液携带着创造生命的力量。俗语“血随血”体现了不同实体(人类和非人类)之间创造生命和改变生命历程的力量流动。血液的物质性在这里是能动的，因为它产生了不同的人类状况。具体的例子来自肯尼亚西部一个卢奥社区的生命周期仪式、祈祷和治疗实践。最终，在这种情况下，血液的感知机构定义了生命的本质和维度。我们关注的是构成生命的条件和过程，这与文化主义的方法形成了鲜明对比，后者误解了生命的多元性。

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Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.