Add this copy of Medusa's Hair: an Essay on Personal Symbols and to cart. $15.75, good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1988 by The University of Chicago Press..
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, glossary. Or brown cloth, prev owners aname blacked out on ffep, light pencil underlining throughout, small stain on margin, spine moderately sunned. Kataragama in Sri Lanka has become a center for a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious leaders. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair and express their devotion to the Gods-notably Huniyan the snake god-through fire-walking, tongue piercing, hanging on hooks and trance-induced prophesying. These detailed case studies reveal the fit between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol, and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Constitutes an important contribution both to anthropology of individual experience and the psychoanalytic understanding of culture.
Add this copy of Medusa's Hair: an Essay on Personal Symbols and to cart. $19.16, good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1981 by The University of Chicago Press..
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Good Plus in Good Plus jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, glossary. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name blacked out on ffep, light pencil underlining throughout, small stain on margin, spine moderately sunned. Kataragama in Sri Lanka has become a center for a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious leaders. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair and express their devotion to the Gods-notably Huniyan the snake god-through fire-walking, tongue piercing, hanging on hooks and trance-induced prophesying. These detailed case studies reveal the fit between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol, and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Constitutes an important contribution both to anthropology of individual experience and the psychoanalytic understanding of culture.
Add this copy of Medusa's Hair: an Essay on Personal Symbols and to cart. $73.62, fair condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by University of Chicago.
Add this copy of Medusa's Hair: an Essay on Personal Symbols and to cart. $139.46, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by University of Chicago.
