Maurice Bloch

From Blessing to Violence

History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina of Madagascar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed description and analysis of the Merina circumcision ritual today, offer an account of its history, and discusses the significance of his analysis for anthropological theories of ritual in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780521314046
• ISBN-10: 0521314046
• Artikelnr.: 21210294

Inhaltsangabe

1. The social determination of ritual
2. Background politico-religious history of the Merina, 1770-1970
3. Background to Merina social organisation and religion
4. Description and preliminary analysis of a circumcision ritual
5. The symbolism of circumcision
6. The myth of the origin of circumcision
7. The history of the circumcision
8. The circumcision ritual in history: towards a theory of the transformation of ideology
Notes
References
Index.