Malanggan: Art, Memory and Sacrifice (Materializing Culture)

Malanggan: Art, Memory and Sacrifice (Materializing Culture)

by SusanneKuchler (Author)

Synopsis

Malanggan are "death" figures found in the Pacific which continue to confound anthropologists, they are intended to decompose as symbolic representations of the dead. This work interprets these mysterious agents of resemblance and connection as having a cognitive rather than linguistic basis.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 226
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: 01 Nov 2002

ISBN 10: 185973622X
ISBN 13: 9781859736227