UID:
almafu_9958070824002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (156 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786613314789
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9781283314787
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1283314789
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9789027284693
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9027284695
Serie:
Culture and language use ; v. 5
Inhalt:
The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychology"". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a ""baloma"" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the ""virgin birth"" controversy. It also documents the ritua
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The Tuma Underworld of Love; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Appendix I; Appendix II; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789027202871
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9027202877
Sprache:
Englisch
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MyiLibrary, Table of contents
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