The interactive basis of ritual effectiveness in a male initiation rite

Bibliographic Data

ID23156142
AuthorsM Houseman (0000-0002-3924-8893, Université Paris Cité, corresponding author)
Year1993
Pages207-224
Publication date1993-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511896866.014
OpenAlexW2197725993
ISBN9780511896866
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited8

An analysis of the male initiation rite So among the Beti of Cameroon is used to show how the effectiveness of this ritual derives essentially from the patterns that underlie the interactions between the rite's participating parties: the initiators, the novices and the uninitiated (women and children).

Aesthetics · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Rite · Rite of passage · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions

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