Naven or the Other Self : A Relational Approach to Ritual Action /

Naven or the Other Self : A Relational Approach to Ritual Action /

In this work, the author propose a novel theory of ritual action founded upon an in-depth study of the wide variety of behaviors that the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea identify as naven: a transvestism rite studied by Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and documented by other anthropologists since. Ritual pe...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Houseman, Michael.

مؤلفون آخرون: Severi, Carlo.

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

سلاسل: Numen Book Series 79.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

الموضوعات:

Bateson, Gregory, > 1904-1980. > Naven.
Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies > Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
Ritual > Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
Naven (Iatmul rite)
Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.

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رقم الطلب: DU740.B3 H68 1998

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جدول المحتويات:
  • Preliminary Material
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Bateson and Naven
  • The Intellectual Background
  • Contradiction, Paradox, Condensation
  • Naven after Bateson
  • Maternals Versus Paternals
  • Wife-Givers and Wife-Takers
  • Metamorphoses of the Mother
  • The Procreator
  • Towards a Theory of Ritual Action
  • Defining Ritual Form
  • The Ritual as a Whole
  • Defining Ritual Symbolism
  • Conclusion and Perspectives: A Relational Approach to Ritual
  • References
  • Index
  • Plates
  • List of Plates
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.