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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.Description: x, 236 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521248752
  • 0521270375 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN486 .D4 1982
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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TAMCAS Library TAMCAS General shelves GN486 .D4 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CAS A-5499
TAMCAS Library TAMCAS General shelves GN486 .D4 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CAS A-7865

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.

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