The Tuma underworld of love : : erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand islanders and their spirits of the dead /

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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 Psychol...

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Senft, Gunter, 1952-
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
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Series:Culture and language use ; v. 5.
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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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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
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Culture and language use ; v. 5
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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