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.
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.
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.
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.
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