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Ways of Baloma : rethinking magic and kinship from the Trobriands / Mark S. Mosko ; with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel [and 3 others] ; foreword by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chicago : Hau Books, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 473 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781912808229
Other title:
  • Rethinking magic and kinship from the Trobriands
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GN671 .W397 2017
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Contents:
Theoretical orientations: partibility and participation -- The magical powers of baloma -- Baloma creations and procreations -- Bwekasa: the life-giving sacrificial rites of Trobriander, living and deceased -- Cycles of reproduction and reincarnation as Bwekasa sacrifice -- Taboos, totems, and Tuma -- The supreme puzzle: Suvasova incest, rank, marriage alliance, and chiefly endogamy -- Conclusion: analogy, homology, and changing ways of baloma.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction GN671.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1052566989

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: on magical images, powers, and persons -- Theoretical orientations: partibility and participation -- The magical powers of baloma -- Baloma creations and procreations -- Bwekasa: the life-giving sacrificial rites of Trobriander, living and deceased -- Cycles of reproduction and reincarnation as Bwekasa sacrifice -- Taboos, totems, and Tuma -- The supreme puzzle: Suvasova incest, rank, marriage alliance, and chiefly endogamy -- Conclusion: analogy, homology, and changing ways of baloma.

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