PIGS FOR THE ANCESTORS: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People by Rappaport, Roy A - 1975

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Owner's name on front page.

Yale University Press,. 1975. Softcover. 0300013787 . Paperback with cover faded at spine. Pages tight, clean. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Not a former library copy. ; .

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972. Trade soft cover. Published New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. 8vo., xx+311 pp., illus b/w plates. few bracketing lines in the margins of several pages, spine bit sunned. Very good minus. . Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1975. 8th Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5" x 8. Simmons, Marvin H.. 311 Pages Indexed. 1975 printing of the 1968 copyright. Center section of black and white photographs. Store stamp inside back cover. No other marks of stamps to this tight, straight book. The Tsembaga Maring are a group of slash-and-burn farmers occupying a small territory on the northern slopes of the Central Highlands of New Guinea. Taking them to be part of a complex ecological system which includes their human neighbors as well as the flora and fauna with which they share their territory, Rappaport argues that their elaborate ritual cycle, which ostensibly refers to spirits, in fact operates as homeostatic mechanism regulating the size of the pig population, acreage in cultivation, fallow periods, energy expenditure in subsistence activities, protein ingestion, man-land ratios, and the frequency of fighting. Rappaport's study of the Tsembaga should be read by… Read More

Yale University Press, 1968-01-01. Paperback. Very Good.

Publisher, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Sturdy hardcover with torn and worn dust jacket. Ex library copy. No text markings. AKL

Yale University Press, 1968-01-01. Paperback. Good. Good. Softbound 8vo. The author lived among the Maring people from 1962 to 1963, and presents an ecological, cultural and ethnographic study. 311pp. Index, biblio. 19 photos, one map. 9th pr. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Soft cover |