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
Bateson, Gregory
ISBN 10: 0804705208 ISBN 13: 9780804705202
Published by Stanford University Press, 1958
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"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.
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Title: Naven: A Survey of the Problems Suggested by...
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Date: 1958
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
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Edition: 2nd Edition