Quadripartite Structures
Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2574495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A F Gell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 708 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Quadripartite Structures: Categories, Relations and Homologies in Bush Mekeo Culture, Mark S Mosko, 1985 |
| Venue | Man (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-1496 • E-ISSN: 2397-2548 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2804330 |
| OpenAlex | W1566235239 |
| Language | EN |
Preface 1. Introduction: the problem and the people 2. Between village and bush 3. Body and cosmos 4. Sex, procreation and menstruation 5. Male and female 6. Kin, clan and connubium 7. Feasts of death: de-conception and re-conception 8. Feasts of death: the sons of Akaisa 9. Tikopia and the Trobriands 10. Conclusions, indigenous categories, cultural wholes and historical process Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
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Unstable Images and Second Skins
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Massim mortuary rituals revisited
Devouring the Mother
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Begetting extraordinary humans
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |