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CULTURAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HUMAN BODY
CULTURAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HUMAN BODY

Author(s): Ljupčo Risteski
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнологија и антропологија, Универзиетет »Св. Кирил и Методиј«
Keywords: human body; semiology; symbolical codes; mythological and religious concept; Macedonia;

Summary/Abstract: The author, based upon a rich folklore and ethnographic empirical material makes a semiological analysis of the basic codes of understanding cultural topography of the human body, trying to read the symbolic messages and meanings of certain segments.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 88-119
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English