Naven
Naven
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"Naven" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea. The ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest.
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Naven by Gregory Bateson
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.Gregory Bateson (1904-1980), a lecturer and Kresge College fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was born and educated in the United Kingdom. He spent the majority of his professional life in the United States. He wrote Naven and Mind and Nature, among other influential publications.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780804705202 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804705208 |
| Titre | Naven |
| Auteur | Gregory Bateson |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Stanford University Press |
| Année de publication | 1958-06-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 368 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |