Introduction -- Kinship and sand drawing -- The totalising third party -- The spirals of marriage -- Of yams and men -- The intentionality of ceremonial agency -- Displaying life after death -- The phenomenology of Ambrym exchange -- Conclusions: Denying the gift
"Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new …
Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los incas
Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los incas
Edición, prioritariamente textual, de la crónica del cuzqueño que se completa con una serie de artículos que contextualizan la época de su escritura, un momento de rica y fascinante transferencia cultural.
"What are rituals, if not ancient practices, unchanged throughout generations? Yet, if we compare the rituals described in late Second Temple texts to those in the Hebrew Bible it is apparent that rituals do change. Were such rituals practiced, or were they forms of textual imag…
"What are rituals, if not ancient practices, unchanged throughout generations? Yet, if we compare the rituals described in late Second Temple texts to those in the Hebrew Bible it is apparent that rituals do change. Were such rituals practiced, or were they forms of textual imag…
"What are rituals, if not ancient practices, unchanged throughout generations? Yet, if we compare the rituals described in late Second Temple texts to those in the Hebrew Bible it is apparent that rituals do change. Were such rituals practiced, or were they forms of textual imag…
Valioso estudio dedicado a la comprensión del pensamiento Moche en términos de conjunto sistemático de signos.
Valioso estudio dedicado a la comprensión del pensamiento Moche en términos de conjunto sistemático de signos.
