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In this work, the author propose a novel theory of ritual action founded upon an in-depth study of the wide variety of behaviors that the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea identify as naven: a transvestism rite studied by Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and documented by other anthropologists since. Ritual performance is shown to involve the construction of complex relational networks entailing the condensation of contradictory modes of relationship in accordance with over-arching interactive forms. In this volume, inquiry into the history of anthropology, detailed ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion are combined. The first part examines Bateson's and others' understandings of naven; the second offers a reinterpretation of this ritual in the light of new ethnographic data; and the third proposes a general approach to the analysis of ritual and suggests how this perspective may be applied elsewhere.

Iatmul (Papua New Guinea people) --- Rites and ceremonies --- Ritual --- Iatmul (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rituel --- Bateson, Gregory. --- Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) --- Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people) --- Naven (Iatmul rite) --- Bateson, Gregory, --- 291.3 --- -Ritual --- -Naven (Iatmul rite) --- -Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Liturgies --- Public worship --- Symbolism --- Worship --- Big Sepik (Papua New Guinean people) --- Gepma Kwudi (Papua New Guinean people) --- Gepma Kwundi (Papua New Guinean people) --- Iatmuls --- Ngempma Kwundi (Papua New Guinean people) --- Ethnology --- Papuans --- Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- Bateson, Gregory --- -Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- 291.3 Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- -291.3 Godsdienstwetenschap: cultus; liturgie --- Ceremonies --- Iatmul (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) --- Sepik Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) --- Social life and customs. --- Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people) - Rites and ceremonies --- Rites and ceremonies - Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) --- Ritual - Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) --- Bateson, Gregory, - 1904-1980. - Naven --- Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) - Social life and customs