From blessing to violence: history and ideology in the circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar
The circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar is seen by them primarily as a blessing, involving the transfer of the love and concern of the ancestors of their descendants. Yet the ritual ends in an act of ciolent wounding of the child. Similarily, while the ritual involves a symbolic assault...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1986
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| In: | Year: 1986 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology
61 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Merina
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B Circumcision (motif) (Man) / Merina B Violence |
| Further subjects: | B
Circumcision (Madagascar)
B Merina (Malagasy people) ; Rites and ceremonies B Circumcision ; Madagascar B Merina (Malagasy people) Rites and ceremonies B Merina (Malagasy people) ; History B Merina (Malagasy people) History |
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