The Translation of culture : essays to E. E. Evans-Pritchard / edited by T. O. Beidelman

Published: London : Tavistock Publications, 1971.
Physical Description: ix, 440 p., 2 plates; : illus., maps, port. ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 and Beidelman, T. O. (Thomas O.), 1931-

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The righthand and lefthand kingdoms of God: a dilemma of Pietist politics, by J. Barnes -- Herolsm, martyrdom, and courage: an essay on Tonga ethics, by E. Colson -- A Rotinese dynastic genealogy: structure and event, by J. J. Fox -- Nuer kinship: a re-examination, by K. Gough -- Some problems in cross-cultural comparison, by C. R. Hallpike -- A structural model of Awelkoma society, by D. Hicks -- Rapports de symétrie entre rites et mythes de peuples voisins, by C. Lévi-Strauss -- Prophets and rainmakers: the agents of social change among the Lugbara, by J. Middleton -- Penan friendship-names, by R. Needham -- On the word 'caste,' by J. Pitt-Rivers -- The symbolic role of cattle in Gogo ritual, by P. Rigby -- The political structure of the Trio Indians as manifested in a system of ceremonial dialogue, by P. Rivière -- The genealogical method in the analysis of myth, and a structural model, by E. Ten Raa -- An anthropological approach to the Icelandic saga, by V. W. Turner -- Nuer priests and prophets: charisma, authority, and power among the Nuer, by T. O. Beidelman.

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0422734101

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English or French.
"Distributed in the USA by Barnes & Noble."

Bibliography Note

"Bibliography: the writings of E. E. Evans-Pritchard": p. 419-434.

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