Nourse, Jennifer.

Conceiving spirits : birth rituals and contested identities among Lauje of Indonesia / Jennifer W. Nourse. - Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. - xi, 308 p. : ill. 24 cm. - Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.

1560988754 (alk. paper) 1560988509 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Childbirth--Religious aspects.
Birth customs--Indonesia--Donggala (Kabupaten)
Lauje (Indonesian people)--Psychology.
Lauje (Indonesian people)--Religion.
Lauje (Indonesian people)--Rites and ceremonies.


Donggala (Indonesia : Kabupaten)--Social life and customs.
Donggala (Indonesia : Kabupaten)--Religious life and customs.

DS632.L37 / .N68 1999

306/.089/9922

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