Sketches of Man: Incomplete Societies and Bodies

Sketches of Man: Incomplete Societies and Bodies

Myths linking incomplete persons with the origins of societies are explored in traditions of Austronesia & the eastern Asian coastlands. The configuration, symmetry/asymmetry, transformation, periodicity, & reversal of beings' division, duality, or dismemberment represent the constructi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Homme 2005-04 (174), p.23-44
1. Verfasser: Headley, Stephen C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:fre
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Australasian Cultural Groups
Crosscultural Analysis
Cultural Values
Modernization
Myths
Southeast Asian Cultural Groups
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Zusammenfassung:Myths linking incomplete persons with the origins of societies are explored in traditions of Austronesia & the eastern Asian coastlands. The configuration, symmetry/asymmetry, transformation, periodicity, & reversal of beings' division, duality, or dismemberment represent the construction of the social order, relations between heaven & earth & between masculine & feminine values, or incomplete socialization. Such myths survive in the literature of societies experiencing the disillusionment of modernization. 3 Figures, 1 Appendix, 26 References. E. Taylor
ISSN:0439-4216