The Politics of Reproductive Ritual.
""A welcome addition. They argue that rituals of reproduction in preindustrial societies are essentially political. In these societies, they say, men need to control the reproductive power of women in order to establish political power; where there is no law or central government, ritual i...
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Main Author: | Paige, Jeffery M. |
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Other Authors: | Paige, Karen Ericksen |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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