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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Ethnological Society
1993
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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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