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Ritual and Ideology in Nage Mortuary Culture

Ritual and Ideology in Nage Mortuary Culture 37 Ritual and Ideology in Nage Mortuary Culture* Gregory Forth Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta Introduction In his classic study of rites of passage, van Gennep noted how rituals connected with different points in the life cycle vary according to the emphasis placed on each of the three stages into which all such rites are divided (1960 [1909]). According to van Gennep, funerals provide an interesting case in this regard; for rather than giving most attention to separation, as western common sense might expect, they place the greatest emphasis on transition and incorporation. On a more specific note, he further claims that "those funeral rites which incorporate the deceased into the world of the dead are most extensively elaborated and assigned the greatest importance" (ibid:146). Funerary rituals stressing incorporation also have a central place in Hertz's famous essay (1907), where the author shows how the most elaborate and expensive rites, in his view typically connected with secondary treatment of the deceased's earthly remains, serve to express or effect not only a release from worldly bonds, but also his or her incorporation into an afterworld, commonly conceived as a land or village of the dead. As is well http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Social Science Brill

Ritual and Ideology in Nage Mortuary Culture

Asian Journal of Social Science , Volume 21 (2): 37 – Jan 1, 1993

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Brill
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© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1568-4849
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1568-5314
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10.1163/030382493X00107
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37 Ritual and Ideology in Nage Mortuary Culture* Gregory Forth Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta Introduction In his classic study of rites of passage, van Gennep noted how rituals connected with different points in the life cycle vary according to the emphasis placed on each of the three stages into which all such rites are divided (1960 [1909]). According to van Gennep, funerals provide an interesting case in this regard; for rather than giving most attention to separation, as western common sense might expect, they place the greatest emphasis on transition and incorporation. On a more specific note, he further claims that "those funeral rites which incorporate the deceased into the world of the dead are most extensively elaborated and assigned the greatest importance" (ibid:146). Funerary rituals stressing incorporation also have a central place in Hertz's famous essay (1907), where the author shows how the most elaborate and expensive rites, in his view typically connected with secondary treatment of the deceased's earthly remains, serve to express or effect not only a release from worldly bonds, but also his or her incorporation into an afterworld, commonly conceived as a land or village of the dead. As is well

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