Author: Michael Houseman
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004379010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In this work, the author propose a novel theory of ritual action founded upon an in-depth study of the wide variety of behaviors that the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea identify as naven: a transvestism rite studied by Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and documented by other anthropologists since. Ritual performance is shown to involve the construction of complex relational networks entailing the condensation of contradictory modes of relationship in accordance with over-arching interactive forms. In this volume, inquiry into the history of anthropology, detailed ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion are combined. The first part examines Bateson's and others' understandings of naven; the second offers a reinterpretation of this ritual in the light of new ethnographic data; and the third proposes a general approach to the analysis of ritual and suggests how this perspective may be applied elsewhere.
Naven or the Other Self
Author: Michael Houseman
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004379010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In this work, the author propose a novel theory of ritual action founded upon an in-depth study of the wide variety of behaviors that the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea identify as naven: a transvestism rite studied by Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and documented by other anthropologists since. Ritual performance is shown to involve the construction of complex relational networks entailing the condensation of contradictory modes of relationship in accordance with over-arching interactive forms. In this volume, inquiry into the history of anthropology, detailed ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion are combined. The first part examines Bateson's and others' understandings of naven; the second offers a reinterpretation of this ritual in the light of new ethnographic data; and the third proposes a general approach to the analysis of ritual and suggests how this perspective may be applied elsewhere.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004379010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In this work, the author propose a novel theory of ritual action founded upon an in-depth study of the wide variety of behaviors that the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea identify as naven: a transvestism rite studied by Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and documented by other anthropologists since. Ritual performance is shown to involve the construction of complex relational networks entailing the condensation of contradictory modes of relationship in accordance with over-arching interactive forms. In this volume, inquiry into the history of anthropology, detailed ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion are combined. The first part examines Bateson's and others' understandings of naven; the second offers a reinterpretation of this ritual in the light of new ethnographic data; and the third proposes a general approach to the analysis of ritual and suggests how this perspective may be applied elsewhere.
Naven
Author: Gregory Bateson
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Naven
Author: Gregory Bateson
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804705202
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the "naven" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The "naven" serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804705202
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the "naven" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The "naven" serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.
Journal of Ritual Studies
Author:
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Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Play and Culture
Author: Association for the Anthropological Study of Play
Publisher:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Anthropological Study of Play
Author: Association for the Anthropological Study of Play. Meeting
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Maatschappij-Belangen
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Annual Report
Author: Woburn (Mass.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Annual Report of the Government ...
Author: Woburn (Mass.)
Publisher:
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Category : Woburn (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Woburn (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Annual Report of the Town Clerk, and the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Woburn
Author: Woburn (Mass.)
Publisher:
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Category : Municipal government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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