Emerging from the Chrysalis: Rituals of Women's Initiation

by Bruce Lincoln

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Now reissued in an expanded edition, this unique book offers the first full-length treatment of women's initiation rites in five cultures. Asserting the critical importance of such rites in a world dominated by men, Lincoln shows that in these societies women's initiation involves not only a transformation of the self but also of the cosmos. Considering initiation rites among the Tiyyar of South India, the Navajo, the Tiv of West Africa, and the Tukuna...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195069102

ISBN13:9780195069105

Release Date:September 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.33 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Customs & Traditions Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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