From blessing to violence : history and ideology in the circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar
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From blessing to violence : history and ideology in the circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar
(Cambridge studies in social anthropology, 61)
Cambridge University Press, 1986
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-205) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Table of Contents
- 1. The social determination of ritual
- 2. Background politico-religious history of the Merina, 1770-1970
- 3. Background to Merina social organisation and religion
- 4. Description and preliminary analysis of a circumcision ritual
- 5. The symbolism of circumcision
- 6. The myth of the origin of circumcision
- 7. The history of the circumcision
- 8. The circumcision ritual in history: towards a theory of the transformation of ideology
- Notes
- References
- Index.
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