Kinship, Ritual, Cosmos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11709015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Strathern (University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Pamela J Stewart (0000-0003-3438-6469, University of Pittsburgh) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 130-131 |
| Pages | 79-90 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal de la Société des océanistes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-953X • E-ISSN: 1760-7256 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/jso.6011 |
| OpenAlex | W1968950215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay revisits aspects of the work of Bernard Juillerat on the Yafar people of Papua New Guinea and of Meyer Fortes on the Tallensi people of West Africa. The purpose of this juxtaposition of cases is to show how each author has stressed an aspect of themes derived from the Freudian theory of the Œdipus complex. Juillerat has stressed the relationship of the son with the mother, Fortes the relationship between son (especially eldest son, the first-born) and father, in the context of practices of ancestor worship. Our argument is that it is important to take note that psychoanalytic motifs, if present, are set by the people themselves into a broader scheme, linking kinship, ritual, and the cosmos together. The essay is intended as an act of appreciation and respect for the work and thoughts of both of these authors as a part of a «long conversation» in anthropology at large regarding psychological interpretations of ethnographic materials. Both Juillerat and Fortes themselves, indeed, set their psychoanalytic interpretations into deeply woven analyses of kinship, ritual practices, and ideas of the cosmos
Ancestor · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art history · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Cosmos (plant · Epistemology · Ethnography · Freudian slip · Genealogy · Kinship · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Communication · History · Migration, Identity, and Health · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |