The Language of Secrecy : : Symbols & Metaphors in Poro Ritual / / Beryl L. Bellman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bellman, Beryl L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1984]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Edition: Reprint 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; THE LANGUAGE OF SECRECY --; 1 Introduction --; 2 The Poro in West Africa --; 3 The Poro and Other Secret Societies in the Vavala Clan --; 4 The Concept of Secret in Secrecy Societies --; 5 Secrets as Texts: The Message Forms of Deep Talk --; 6 Secrets and the Initiation Ritual --; 7 Mentioning the Unmentionable --; 8 Toward a Theory of Secrecy --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781978816800; 9783110663334
• DOI: 10.36019/9781978816800
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Beryl L. Bellman.