violence, sacrifice, and divination: giving and taking life in eastern Indonesia

Classical theorists have focused on the "gift of life" in sacrifice and its reinforcement of hierarchical divisions, but have paid little attention to the violent "taking of life" and the divinatory significance of the body. This case study from the Kodi people of Sumba examines...

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Main Author: Hoskins, Janet 1954- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: American Ethnological Society 1993
In: American ethnologist
Year: 1993, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 159-178
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Sacrifice Religion
B Girard, René (1923-2015)
B Violence
B Indonesia (Ost)
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