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