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Excerpt from Totemism and Exogamy, Vol. 1 of 4: A Treatise on Certain Early Forms of Superstition and Society
My primary subject is totemism, and I have treated of exogamy for the most part only so far as it occurs in con junction with totemism; for the two institutions not only differ but overlap, each of them being sometimes found without the other. Tribes which are exogamous without being totemic do not properly fall within the scope of the book but I have noticed a few of them, such as the Todas in India and the Masai in Africa, either on the ground of their association with totemic tribes or because their social system presents some features of special interest. However.
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My primary subject is totemism, and I have treated of exogamy for the most part only so far as it occurs in con junction with totemism; for the two institutions not only differ but overlap, each of them being sometimes found without the other. Tribes which are exogamous without being totemic do not properly fall within the scope of the book but I have noticed a few of them, such as the Todas in India and the Masai in Africa, either on the ground of their association with totemic tribes or because their social system presents some features of special interest. However.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
James George Frazer
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ISBN - 9780265192894
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Page Count - 600
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Author
James George Frazer
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ISBN - 9781330610503
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Page Count - 602
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