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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)
From Blessing to Violence History and Ideology in the Circumcision Ritual of the Merina - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Maurice Bloch
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 on women, it is nonetheless welcomed by them as...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521306393
ISBN-10: 0521306396
Publication Date: 4/30/1986
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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