01828nam 2200421 450 991082187580332120210916134932.01-912808-22-6(CKB)4100000006670145(MiAaPQ)EBC5510787(EXLCZ)99410000000667014520180929d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWays of baloma rethinking magic and kinship from the trobriands /Mark S. Mosko ; with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel [and three others]Chicago, Illinois :HAU Books,2017.1 online resource (516 pages)0-9973675-6-3 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.EthnologyPapua New GuineaTrobriand IslandsTrobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)Social life and customsPapua New GuineaTrobriand IslandsfastPapua-NeuguineagndTrobriand-InselngndEthnology301.29953Mosko Mark Stephen1948-1721819Daniel Tabalu PulayasiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821875803321Ways of baloma4121705UNINA