Naven or the Other Self: A Relational Approach to Ritual Action (Studies in the History of Religions)
by Michael Houseman
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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 offers a reinterpretation of this ritual in the light of new ethnographic data; and the third proposes a general approach to the analysis of ritual and suggests how this perspective may be applied elsewhere. </p>. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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