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Brill, 1998. BRAND NEW BOOK! Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Crisp Clean and Unread. GIFT Quality Item. Hardcover: 325 pages <p> 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. </p> <p> <br> Ritual performance is shown to involve the construction of complex relational networks entailing the condensation of contradictory modes of relationship in accordance with over-arching interactive forms. </p> <p> <br> In this volume, inquiry into the history of anthropology, detailed ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion are combined. The first part examines Bateson's and others' understandings of naven; the second…
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Naven or the Other Self: A Relational Approach to Ritual Action (Studies in the History of Religions)
by Michael Houseman
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Religions/Globalizations: Theories and Cases
by Dwight N. Hopkins; David Batstone; Eduardo Mendieta; Lois Ann Lorentzen
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Duke University Press, 2001. Hardcover, Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Mild Wear to book. Binding is tight. Covers bright and clean. Mild, Neat markings, mostly pen and pencil and mainly in margins. Blue cloth covers with gold gilt text.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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