The Tuma underworld of love erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand islanders and their spirits of the dead

The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Senft, Gunter, 1952- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Culture and language use ; v. 5.
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Sumario:The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychology"". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a ""baloma"" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the ""virgin birth"" controversy. It also documents the ritua
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (156 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781283314787
9786613314789
9789027284693