UID:
almafu_9960963246302883
Format:
1 online resource (516 pages)
ISBN:
1-912808-22-6
Note:
Introduction: on magical images, powers, and persons -- Theoretical orientations: partibility and participation -- The magical powers of baloma -- Baloma creations and procreations -- Bwekasa: the life-giving sacrificial rites of Trobriander, living and deceased -- Cycles of reproduction and reincarnation as Bwekasa sacrifice -- Taboos, totems, and Tuma -- The supreme puzzle: Suvasova incest, rank, marriage alliance, and chiefly endogamy -- Conclusion: analogy, homology, and changing ways of baloma.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-9973675-6-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
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