Liminal meanings: Sexually charged Giriama funerary ritual and unsettled participant frameworks

Language and Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-60

  McIntosh, Janet ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liminality; Meaning; Participant frameworks; Resistance; Ritual; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244264885     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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