Naven

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Naven is an anthropological study by Gregory Bateson that analyzes the ritual practices and social structure of the Iatmul people of New Guinea.

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instanceOf anthropological study
book
analyzes Naven ritual
author Gregory Bateson
countryOfStudy Papua New Guinea
discipline anthropology
examines emotional expression in ritual
ritualized behavior between maternal uncles and nephews
status and prestige systems
firstPublicationYear 1936
focusesOn ritual practices
social structure
hasEdition second edition
hasReputation classic of social anthropology
innovative theoretical work
influenced communication theory
cybernetics
later anthropological theory
systems theory
language English
methodology comparative analysis
participant observation
notableConcept complementary schismogenesis
cybernetic thinking precursor
ethos and eidos
schismogenesis
symmetrical schismogenesis
peopleStudied Iatmul people NERFINISHED
publisher Cambridge University Press
region Melanesia
relatedWorkByAuthor Steps to an Ecology of Mind
secondEditionFeatures additional commentary
extensive theoretical revisions
new introduction
secondEditionYear 1958
setting Iatmul villages
Sepik region
surface form: Sepik River region
subdiscipline cultural anthropology
social anthropology
subject ceremonial exchange
gender roles
kinship
personality and culture
ritual inversion
social organization
theoreticalApproach functionalism
structuralism
systems theory precursor
timePeriodOfFieldwork 1920s

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