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Cosmologies in the making

Paperback • 1987 • English

Cosmologies in the making: A generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea

By Fredrik Barth

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Barth examines the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea, and offers a new way of explain...

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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9780521387354

Published year

1987

Language

English

Original title

Cosmologies in the making

Format

Paperback

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