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Ecology and the sacred: Engaging the anthropology of Roy A Rappaport.(Book Review)

Publication: Oceania
Publication Date: 01-MAR-05
Format: Online - approximately 714 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Ecology and the sacred: Engaging the anthropology of Roy A Rappaport By Ellen Messer and Michael Lambek (editors). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2001 Pp.x + 364;

Skip Rappaport's Pigs for the ancestors (affectionately known as Pigs), has long been enshrined in the canon of in a...

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...works ecological anthropology, and inspired host of like ethnographies that explored cybernetic systems, energetics and equilibrium models. Is there yet today an undergraduate student in anthropology who has not encountered this lucid analysis of the role of ritual in the ecology of the Tsembaga Maring? Sadly, the answer is probably 'yes', perhaps an indication of the deeply fragmented...

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