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The Tuma Underworld of Love : Erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand Islanders and their spirits of the dead.

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The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles "Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands" and "Myth in Primitive Psychology". There h...

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Main Author: Senft, Gunter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Series:Culture and language use ; v. 5
Subjects:
Kiriwinian language.
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) > Languages.
Kiriwina (Langue)
Trobriand, Îles (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Langues.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Oceanic & Australian Languages.
Kiriwinian language
Language and languages
Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands
Antropological linguistics
Austronesian languages
Linguistics
Anthropology
Electronic books.
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Summary:The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles "Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands" and "Myth in Primitive Psychology". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a "baloma" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the "virgin birth" controversy. It also documents the ritualized an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (156 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index.
ISBN:9789027284693
9027284695
9789027202871
9027202877
1283314789
9781283314787
DOI:10.1075/clu.5