The Tuma underworld of love : erotic and other narrative songs of the Trobriand islanders and their spirits of the dead

by Gunter Senft

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The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychology"". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a ""baloma"" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the ""virgin birth"" controversy. It also documents the ritua… (more)

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The Trobriand Islanders' eschatological belief system explains what happens when someone dies. Bronislaw Malinowski described essentials of this eschatology in his articles ""Baloma: the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands"" and ""Myth in Primitive Psychology"". There he also presented the Trobrianders' belief that a ""baloma"" can be reborn; he claimed that Trobrianders are unaware of the father's role as genitor. This volume presents a critical review of Malinowski's ethnography of Trobriand eschatology - finally settling the ""virgin birth"" controversy. It also documents the ritua

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