Ways of baloma : rethinking magic and kinship from the trobriands / / Mark S. Mosko ; with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel [and three others]
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| Autore: |
Mosko Mark Stephen <1948->
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| Titolo: |
Ways of baloma : rethinking magic and kinship from the trobriands / / Mark S. Mosko ; with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel [and three others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (516 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 301.29953 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands |
| Soggetto geografico: | Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs |
| Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands | |
| Papua-Neuguinea | |
| Trobriand-Inseln | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | DanielTabalu Pulayasi |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ways of baloma |
| ISBN: | 1-912808-22-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821875803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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