We have all found ourselves involuntarily addressing inanimate objects as though they were human. For a fleeting instant, we act as though our cars and computers can hear us. In situations like ritual
This book proposes a novel approach to the analysis of ritual action.Founded upon an in-depth study of the transvestism naven ceremony of the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea, it focuses on the relational a
Set against the backdrop of anthropology’s recent focus on various “turns” (whether ontological, ethical, or otherwise), this pathbreaking volume returns to the question of knowledge and the role of t
First published in the French language as Le principe de la chimere: Une anthropologie de la memoire,Carlo Severi’s The chimera principle breaks new theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconogr
