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Naven : A Survey of the Problems Suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe Drawn from Three Points of View.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bateson, Gregory.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people).
- Naven (Iatmul rite).
- Rites and ceremonies--New Guinea.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Ethnology--New Guinea.
- Ethnology.
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.
- Rites and ceremonies--Papua New Guinea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel/Berlin/Boston : Stanford University Press, 1958.
- Summary:
- "Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the "naven" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The "naven" serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-2113-8
- OCLC:
- 1309022083
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