essay
Psychoanalysis and ceremony
interpretation of ritual: essays in honour of A. I. Richards • [london] • Published In 1972 • Pages: 205-237
By: Bott, Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Bott uses ideas from both anthropology and psychoanalysis (her training is in both fields) to attempt to understand the meaning of the kava ceremony in Tongan culture. She describes the ceremony in detail, including seating arrangements, participants, and the ritual involved. She then discusses and interprets the mythological background for the ceremony. One of the most valuable parts of her analysis is her treatment of Tongan social relations, and how status based on titles, kinship, and political power are interrelated and how the kava ceremony serves to 'clarify social principles and roles' and resolve some of the problems generated by the stratified social system of Tonga.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Literary texts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Visiting and hospitality
- Kin relationships
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Psychoanalyst
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1800-ca.1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Elizabeth Bott
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72179016
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans