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Ways of Baloma : Rethinking Magic and Kinship from the Trobriands.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Malinowski MonographsPublisher: Chicago : Hawoo Publishing Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (516 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781912808229
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ways of BalomaDDC classification:
  • 306.0899912
LOC classification:
  • GN671
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Analytical table of contents -- List of figures -- Foreword by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro -- Preface by Tabalu Paramount Chief Pulayasi Daniel, OBE -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one - Introduction -- Chapter two - Theoretical orientations -- Chapter three - The magical powers of baloma -- Chapter four - Baloma creations and procreations -- Chapter five - Bwekasa -- Chapter six - Cycles of reproduction and reincarnationas bwekasa sacrifice -- Chapter seven - Taboos, totems, and Tuma -- Chapter eight - The supreme puzzle -- Chapter nine - Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index of general terms -- Index of personal names.
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Intro -- Contents -- Analytical table of contents -- List of figures -- Foreword by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro -- Preface by Tabalu Paramount Chief Pulayasi Daniel, OBE -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one - Introduction -- Chapter two - Theoretical orientations -- Chapter three - The magical powers of baloma -- Chapter four - Baloma creations and procreations -- Chapter five - Bwekasa -- Chapter six - Cycles of reproduction and reincarnationas bwekasa sacrifice -- Chapter seven - Taboos, totems, and Tuma -- Chapter eight - The supreme puzzle -- Chapter nine - Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index of general terms -- Index of personal names.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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