Bloch, Maurice.

From blessing to violence : history and ideology in the circumcis ion ritual of the Merina of Madagascar / Maurice Bloch. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University P ress, 1986. - x, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 61 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-205) and index.

0521306396 0521314046 (pbk.)

85-011325


Merina (Malagasy people)-- Rites and ceremonies.
Circumcision--Madagascar.
Merina (Malagasy people)-- History.

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