Naven: A Survey of the Problems Suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe Drawn from Three Points of View

Bateson, Gregory

ISBN 10: 0804705208 / ISBN 13: 9780804705202

Edité par Stanford University Press, 1958

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0804705208I5N00

Synopsis :

"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the "naven" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The "naven" serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Naven: A Survey of the Problems Suggested by...
Éditeur : Stanford University Press
Date d'édition : 1958
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket
Edition : 2ème Édition