Description: 1. Customs and Christian Conversion among Akha Highlanders of Burma and Thailand, Cornelia Ann Kammeyer. 2.Japanese Tea Ritual: Religion in Practice, Jennifer L. Anderson. 3.Ritual Hierarchy and Secular Equality in Sepik River Village, Simon J. Harrison. 4.Dancing with Corpses Reconsidered: An Interpretation of Famadihana (in Arivonimamo, Madagascar), David Graeber. 5.Blood, Oil, Honey, and Water: Symbolism in Spirit Possession Sects in Northeastern Brazil, Dolores J. Shapiro. 6.Taboo as Cultural Practice among Malagasy Speakers, Michael Lambek. 7.From Saints to Shibboleths: Image, Structure, and Identity in Maya Religious Syncretism, John M. Watanabe. 8.Salat in Indonesia: The Social Meanings of an Islamic Ritual, John R. Bowen. 9.Communitas Reconsidered: The Sociology of Andean Pilgrimage, M.J. Sallnow. 10.Christianity and Colonialism in South Africa, Jean Comaroff and John Comaroff. 11.Hindu Culture for an Indian Nation: Gender, Politics, and Elite Identity in Urban South India, Mary Hancock.

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