Ethnology, Volume 29University of Pittsburgh, 1990 - Anthropology |
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Page 168
... role of Nahua curers is considerably more complex . Curers enter this role with self - doubt , fear , embarrassment and ambivalence . Active practitioners encounter strong resistance from their spouses and family , as well as ...
... role of Nahua curers is considerably more complex . Curers enter this role with self - doubt , fear , embarrassment and ambivalence . Active practitioners encounter strong resistance from their spouses and family , as well as ...
Page 169
... role stress , soul loss , and the election of adolescent females to the curing role is suggested : In Hueyapan , more women than men experience soul loss because the woman's role is very narrowly defined and provides few outlets to ...
... role stress , soul loss , and the election of adolescent females to the curing role is suggested : In Hueyapan , more women than men experience soul loss because the woman's role is very narrowly defined and provides few outlets to ...
Page 171
... role of shaman - priest as similar to that of sponsoring a saint's feast day , i.e , a religious steward . Both roles provide men with the opportunity to perform valued public - communal services , and both are means by which they can ...
... role of shaman - priest as similar to that of sponsoring a saint's feast day , i.e , a religious steward . Both roles provide men with the opportunity to perform valued public - communal services , and both are means by which they can ...
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Abelam activities ancestors Antigua Anuta Asenöña Baliau banana beer Bedouin behavior Belize bridewealth cattle ceremonial Chimbu citrus clan colonial conflict copra corporate groups councilor cultural curers dakhal Department of Anthropology Dinka disputes domination economic Ethnology exchange faction gender Ghale growers Guinea Highlands Haya honor Howell Hueyapan Hueyapan's husband identity individuals Irakau island J. M. Adovasio John Frum Jonglei Kelly kinship Kondom labor leaders leadership levirate and sororate lineage Magruai male Manam mediator Melanesian Melpa moshav Nahua Nampas Nuer organization Papua New Guinea patrilineal pigs political population prestations processors production reciprocal region relations relationship ritual role rural Sahlins Scaglion settlement shaikhs Simbu Simbu Province social society sororate marriages Stann Creek district status stones stories Strathern structure Tamang tane poa Tanna Tauribariba Timling traditional tribal tribe Trobriand UMAV Vanatinai vendors victim's Village Courts Wamira woman women Yekuana