Naven, or, The other self : a relational approach to ritual action / by Michael Houseman and Carlo Severi ; translated from the French by Michael Fineberg
I. Bateson and naven. 1. The intellectual background. 2. Contradiction, paradox, condensation -- II. Naven after Bateson. 3. Maternals versus paternals. 4. Wife-givers and wife-takers. 5. Metamorphoses of the mother. 6. The procreator -- III. Towards a theory of ritual action. 7. Defining ritual form. 8. The ritual as a whole. 9. Defining ritual symbolism. 10. Conclusion and perspectives: a relational approach to ritual
Notes
A revised and expanded translation of Naven, ou, Le donner à voir, published in 1994
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-296) and index