From Blessing to Violence: History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Maurice Bloch - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521314046 - April 30, 1986
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From Blessing to Violence: History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Maurice Bloch

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From Blessing to Violence: History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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


228 pages, illustrations, plans, bibliography, index, references

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 30, 1986
ISBN13 9780521314046
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 228
Dimensions 147 × 234 × 14 mm   ·   377 g
Language English  
Series Editor Fortes, Meyer
Series Editor Goody, Jack
Series Editor Leach, Edmund
Series Editor Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja

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