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Title: | Boys' Circumcision and Girls' Puberty Rites among the Swahili of Mafia Island, Tanzania |
Author: | Caplan, A.P. |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 21-33 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Tanzania |
Subjects: | circumcision girls' initiation Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Women's Issues rituals & festivals Swahili |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159090 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1976-046-00-000004 |
Abstract: | Describes the rites surrounding the circumcision of boys and the first menstruation of girls One of the most striking features of these rites is the similarity in their symbolist In order to examine the meaning expressed by the symbols the author uses Turner's distinction of exegetical, operational and positional level of meaning. Notes. ref., résumé en français. |