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Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0521270375ISBN 13: 9780521270373
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon in the light of new information from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to produce a genuinely innovative theoretical approach to the study of the symbolism surrounding death, an outline of which is provided in an important introduction by the editors. The major concern of the volume is the way in which funerary rituals dramatically transform the image of life as a dialectic flux involving exchange and transaction, marriage and procreation, into an image of a still, transcendental order in which oppositions such as those between self and other, wife-giver and wife-taker, Brahmin and untouchable, birth and therefore death have been abolished. This transformation often involves a general devaluation of biology, and, particularly, of sexuality, which is contrasted with a more spiritual and controlled source of life. The role of women, who are frequently associated with biological processes, mourning and death pollution, is often predominant in funerary rituals, and in examining this the book makes a further contribution to the understanding of the symbolism of gender. The death rituals and the symbolism of rebirth are also analysed in the context of the political processes of the different societies considered, and it is argued that social order and political organisation may be legitimated through an exploitation of the emotions and biology.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0521367743ISBN 13: 9780521367745
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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780521367745.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0521270375ISBN 13: 9780521270373
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0521270375.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0521367743ISBN 13: 9780521367745
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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521367745.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0521367743ISBN 13: 9780521367745
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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521367745.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0521367743ISBN 13: 9780521367745
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521367745.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0521367743ISBN 13: 9780521367745
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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780521367745.
Zustand: Very Good. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. 8vo. X,+ 236 pp. Sewn as issued. First published in 1982, this is the 1986 reprint. Contains essays from: Maurice Bloch, Jonathan Parry, Olivia Haris, Andrew Strathern, John Middleton, James L. Watson, and James Woodburn. Softcover / Paperback.