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Death and the regeneration of life
edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry
Publisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; Cambridge University Press, 1982.
ISBN: 0521270375   Edition: (pbk.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry -- The dead and the
devils among the Bolivian Laymi / Olivia Harris -- Sacrificial death
and the necrophagous ascetic / Jonathan Parry -- Witchcraft, greed,
cannibalism and death / Andrew Strathern -- Lugbara death / John
Middleton -- Of flesh and bones / James L. Watson -- Social
dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies /
James Woodburn -- Death, women, and power / Maurice Bloch.

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Language: eng
Physical Description: x, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.)

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