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Martha Nemes Fried

1980306 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1980
first published
  • 1980Norton · 306 pages · ENGISBN 9780393013504
  • 1981Penguin · 306 pages · ENGISBN 9780140058475

Describes the rites of birth, puberty, marriage, and death in five societies: hunter-gatherers of Africa; Muslim Hausa; Chinese in Taiwan; Polynesian Tikopia; and the Tlingit Indians of Alaska.

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