Author: Gell, Alfred
Title: Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries : Umeda Society, Language and Ritual
Description: London, Athlone Press, 1975. orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. x,366,(4)pp,, 22x14cm, Series: London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 51.. 4 color plates. Minor rubbing. Slight corner bump. Light binding soil. VG. ¶ Contents: The Umeda Seting; The Social Structure of Umeda Village; Language & Symbolism; The 'Ida' Fertility Ritual; Analysis of the 'Ida' Ritual; Appendix: The Pul-tod Myth.

Keywords: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Melanesian, Papua New Guinea, Umeda Ethnography, West Sepik, Kinship, Symbolism, Social Sociology, Anthropology