From Cosmogony to Exorcism in a Javavese Genesis: The Spilt Seed - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Headley, Stephen C. (Charge de Recherche, Charge de Recherche, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198234234 - February 1, 2001
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From Cosmogony to Exorcism in a Javavese Genesis: The Spilt Seed - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Stephen Headley translates and studies a Javanese ritual and myth, the birth of the man-eating demon, Kala. He shows that this genesis myth, with its movement from cosmogony to exorcism, constitutes the basis of networks of circulating values in contemporary Javanese society.


264 pages, 9 halftones, 6 figures, 1 map

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 1, 2001
ISBN13 9780198234234
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 264
Dimensions 163 × 243 × 19 mm   ·   599 g
Language English  

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