Naven or the Other Self : : A Relational Approach to Ritual Action / / Michael Houseman and Carlo Severi.

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 pe...

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Superior document:Numen Book Series ; Volume 79
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [1998]
©1998
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 79.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:A revised and expanded translation of Naven, ou, Le donner à voir, published in 1994.
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