Scan barcode
228 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521314046
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 30 April 1986
Description
The circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar is seen by them primarily as a blessing, involving the transfer of the love and concern of the ancestors of their descendants. Yet the ritual ends in an act of ciolent wounding of the child. Simi...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
228 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521314046
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 30 April 1986
Description
The circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar is seen by them primarily as a blessing, involving the transfer of the love and concern of the ancestors of their descendants. Yet the ritual ends in an act of ciolent wounding of the child. Simi...