Tetum Ghosts and Kin - Softcover

David Hicks

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9780881333206: Tetum Ghosts and Kin
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0881333204 ISBN 13: 9780881333206
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 1987

Synopsis

By concentrating on ghosts and kin in this analysis of the symbols employed in the ritual and myth of the Tetum society, Hicks enables readers to understand much of how the worldview of the society relates to its religion. As he himself observes, "When we examine Tetum culture, taking the ritual relationship between ancestral ghosts and their human kin as our starting point, such different spheres as rituals, religious beliefs, kinship practices, oral literature, ecology, and architecture together blend into a single expansive field of study." Thus the book is not only a useful example of symbolic analysis, but it also demonstrates the functional integration of culture that has fascinated anthropologists for at least the past half century.

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Publisher
Waveland Pr Inc
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0881333204
ISBN 13 
9780881333206
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
143
Rating
  • 3.28 out of 5 stars
    18 ratings by Goodreads

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