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Death and the regeneration of life. edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry

Bloch, Maurice (1939-...) Parry, Jonathan (1943-...) 1982

Available at 33MQB MQB Magasin (A 10111 )

Title:
Death and the regeneration of life. edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry
Author: Bloch, Maurice (1939-...);
Parry, Jonathan (1943-...)
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies;
Death;
Religion, Primitive;
Fertility cults
Description: Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi / Olivia Harris Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic / Jonathan Parry Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death / Andrew Strathern Lugbara death / John Middleton Of flesh and bones / James L. Watson Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies / James Woodburn Death, women, and power / Maurice Bloch
Publisher: Cambridge Cambridgeshire New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982
Creation Date: 1982
Format: x, 236 p. ; 24 cm
Language: English

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