Naven
A Survey of the Problems suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe drawn from Three Points of View
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7928477M
- ISBN-139780804705196
- ISBN-100804705194
- OCLC Control Number418829
- OCLC Control Numbernaven0000unse
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number58008720
- LibraryThing1217422
Classifications
- LCCDU740 .B3 1958
Description
“Naven” is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by the 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. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the “naven” ceremony, transvestitism 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.” BOOK JACKET
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