02906nam 2200685Ia 450 991015356380332120200520144314.09786613314789978128331478712833147899789027284693902728469510.1075/clu.5(CKB)2550000000050447(EBL)786929(OCoLC)757261184(SSID)ssj0000542140(PQKBManifestationID)11322893(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542140(PQKBWorkID)10509502(PQKB)10333623(Au-PeEL)EBL786929(CaPaEBR)ebr10505821(CaONFJC)MIL331478(MiAaPQ)EBC786929(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61390(DE-B1597)721558(DE-B1597)9789027284693(oapen)doab61390(EXLCZ)99255000000005044720110627d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Tuma underworld of love erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand islanders and their spirits of the dead /Gunter Senft1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.20111 online resource (156 p.)Culture and language use ;v. 5Description based upon print version of record.9789027202871 9027202877 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 rituaCulture and language use ;v. 5.Kiriwinian languageTrobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)LanguagesKiriwinian language.499/.5Senft Gunter1952-884724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910153563803321The Tuma underworld of love2148190UNINA