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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Culture and language use ;
v. 5. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427892506719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283314787 9786613314789 9789027284693 |
