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The Tuma Underworld of Love : Erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand Islanders and their spirits of the dead.
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 h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2011.
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| Colección: | Culture and language use ;
v. 5 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 ritualized an. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (156 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027284693 9027284695 9789027202871 9027202877 1283314789 9781283314787 |