Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 269 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
047209761X
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0472067613
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9780472067619
Content:
A compelling study of male ritual secrecy and its impact on the cultures of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface & Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Lewis Henry Morgan & Victorian Secret Societies -- Chapter 2. Why Secrecy? -- Chapter 3. Secrecy among the Sambia, 1974-1976 -- Chapter 4. Paradox of the Men's House -- Chapter 5. Colonialism & the Dissolution of Secret Reality -- Afterword: Secrecy & Cultural Relativism -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472067619
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472067619
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414747
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