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UNINA9910716101303321 |
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Dawson John R. |
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Tank tests of a model of a flying-boat hull with a fluted bottom / / by John R. Dawson |
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Washington, [D.C.] : , : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, , 1935 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (5 pages, 6 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
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Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; ; 522 |
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Aeronautics - Research |
Seaplanes - Testing |
Planing hulls |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"March 1935." |
No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 5). |
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UNINA9910153563803321 |
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Senft Gunter <1952-> |
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The Tuma underworld of love : erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand islanders and their spirits of the dead / / Gunter Senft |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
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9786613314789 |
9781283314787 |
1283314789 |
9789027284693 |
9027284695 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Culture and language use ; ; v. 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Kiriwinian language |
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) Languages |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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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 |
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