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The interpretation of symbolism
- Title
- The interpretation of symbolism / edited by Roy Willis.
- Publication
- New York : Wiley, [1975]
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- Description
- xv, 181 pages; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- ASA studies ; 3
- Uniform Title
- ASA studies ; 3.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Note
- "A Halsted Press book."
- Based on papers originally presented at the decennial conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth; entitled "New directions in social anthropology," held at St. John's College, Oxford July 4-11, 1973.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction / Roy Willis -- Where precision lies" "the hill people once lived on a hill" / Renato Rosaldo -- The descent of man, incest, and the naming of sons: manifest and latent meanings in a Na-khi text / Anthony Jackson -- Man the hunter and woman: metaphors for the sexes in Ilongot magical spells / Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Jane Monnig Atkinson -- Men, women, and other animals: taboo and purification among the Wik-mungkan / David McKnight -- On binary categories and primary symbols: some Rotinese perspectives / James J. Fox -- Gods' bodies, gods' food: a symbolic analysis of a Sherpa ritual / Sherry B. Ortner.
- ISBN
- 0470949201
- 9780470949207
- LCCN
- 75004111
- OCLC
- ocm01230558
- 1230558
- SCSB-211713
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library