Rappaport, Roy A.

Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People

Yale University Press, New Haven. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. DJ chiped, price-clipped. Classic renewal of functional analysis, but with an eye to the natural context within which and upon which the Maring cultural system acts. The role of religion in regulating intracultural and cultural-natural intercourse: the nature in culture and the impact of culture on environment defines this work as cultural ecology. *** 311pp. *** Index, biblio. *** 1st ed. Used: Very Good / Good. Item #CORV-BBP-12560

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