{"product_id":"naven-gregory-bateson-9780804705202","title":"Naven: A Survey of the Problems Suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe Drawn from Three Points","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Naven\" is the name of a peculiar ritual practiced by Iatmul, a head-hunting tribe of New Guinea.Th e ceremony is performed to congratulate members of the tribe upon the completion of notable accomplishments, among which homicide ranks highest. Ordinarily this tribe insists upon an extreme contrast between the sexes, but in the \"naven\" ceremony, tranvestitism and ritual homosexuality are represented. The \"naven\" serves in this book as a motive around which the author has constructed one of the most influential works of field anthropology ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Bateson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804705208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804705202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.43w x 0.80d","brand":"Gregory Bateson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947212374271,"sku":"9780804705202","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dddd5a59-2a2d-417f-99ce-c6756ebb5df0.jpg?v=1681517391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naven-gregory-bateson-9780804705202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}