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Showing Signs of Violence: The Cultural Politics of a Twentieth-Century Headhunting Ritual
Showing Signs of Violence The Cultural Politics of a TwentiethCentury Headhunting Ritual
Author: Kenneth M. George
Showing Signs of Violence deals with the ceremonies of pangngae, a mock headhunt that lingers stubbornly at the center of political life in a marginal upland community in Sulawesi, Indonesia. No killing takes place in this ritualno actual heads are takenbut its rhetoric of violence is unmistakable and real. Kenneth M. George vividly deta...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520203617
ISBN-10: 0520203615
Publication Date: 1/29/1996
Pages: 339
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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