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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bloch, Maurice
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Series:Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no.61.
Subjects:
Merina (Malagasy people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Circumcision.
Merina (Malagasy people) > History.
Description
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: pages 200-205.
ISBN:0521306396
0521314046 (pbk.)