The mother and her ancestral face. A commentary on Iatmul iconography
Visually effective symbolization in Iatmul society is reviewed, starting from observations by Bernard Juillerat on the role of the mother in real as well as in symbolic relationships. Ceremonial acts of women and men in the context of naven rituals, and iconological representation anchored in initia...
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2013
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | Visually effective symbolization in Iatmul society is reviewed, starting from observations by Bernard Juillerat on the role of the mother in real as well as in symbolic relationships. Ceremonial acts of women and men in the context of naven rituals, and iconological representation anchored in initiatory knowledge are shown to be linked. Performing renders knowledge, services, material objects such as valuables or masks, i.e. cultural entities with a symbolic value, openly accessible for all parties concerned. They become the issue of exchange at specific occasions, enhancing the gendered roles of mother or elder sibling and their complementing actors, child or younger sibling. |
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