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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| Autore: |
Senft Gunter <1952->
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| Titolo: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 499/.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Kiriwinian language |
| Soggetto geografico: | Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) Languages |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Tuma underworld of love |
| ISBN: | 9786613314789 |
| 9781283314787 | |
| 1283314789 | |
| 9789027284693 | |
| 9027284695 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910153563803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Culture and language use ; ; v. 5.