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Subtitle: four rituals in eight cultures
By: Martha Nemes Fried and Morton H. Fried.
Contributors: Fried, Morton H. 1923-1986, joint author.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies; Initiation rites; Ethnology
Description: Describes the rites of birth, puberty, marriage, and death in five societies: hunter-gatherers of Africa; Muslim Hausa; Chinese in Taiwan; Polynesian Tikopia; and the Tlingit Indians of Alaska.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 283-297.
Includes index.