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From blessing to violence : history and ideology in the circumcision ritual of the Merina at Madagascar /

By: Bloch, Maurice.
Series: Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 61.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1986Description: x, 214 p. : ill., 2 plans ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521306396; 9780521314046:; 9780521306393; 0521314046; 9780521314046.Subject(s): Merina (Malagasy people) -- Rites and ceremonies -- Anthropology | Hovas -- Rites and ceremonies | Madagascar -- Men -- Circumcision | CircumcisionDDC classification: 392.14
Contents:
preface -- The social determination of reitual -- Background politico-religious history of the Merina, 1770-1970 -- BAckground to Merina social organisation and religion -- Description and preliminary analysis of a circumcision ritual -- The symbolism of circumcision -- The myth of the origin of circumcision -- The history of circumcision -- the circumcision ritual in history : towards a theory of the transformation of ideology -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-205) and index.

preface -- The social determination of reitual -- Background politico-religious history of the Merina, 1770-1970 -- BAckground to Merina social organisation and religion -- Description and preliminary analysis of a circumcision ritual -- The symbolism of circumcision -- The myth of the origin of circumcision -- The history of circumcision -- the circumcision ritual in history : towards a theory of the transformation of ideology -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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