Jan Verschueren's Description of Yéi-Nan Culture: Extracted from the Posthumous Papers

By: Verschueren, Jan

Joannis Cornelis Verschueren (1905-1970) worked as a Roman Catholic missionary in southern Irian from 1931 until 1970. In the 1950s he wrote a number of papers on the Y i. These papers, based on older field notes and a research trip through the area, are recapitulated in this volume. Verschueren provides genuine inside information and his data are new and authentic. The four papers in this volume create a picture of a typical lowland culture with a surprising emphasis on headhunting, an uncommon way of segregating the sexes, and a highly elaborated system of phallic symbolism. Topics discussed in this volume are territorial, clan and moiety organization; kinship, marriage and conjugal life; the founding myths of Y i-nan ritual and other rituals; initiation; sickness and healing; death, burial and mortuary feasts; other ceremonies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9024761859
• ISBN13: 9789024761852
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"