...they depended on the men they met...," he vividly describes the scene of the Roman Carnival in January 1788. Examples of cross-dressing in the time and space of such rituals can be found all over the world, and many reports and studies have been conducted by anthropologists and folklorists. For example, the study of a behavior called "Naven" by the Iatmul people of New Guinea by British-born anthropologist and psychopathologist G. Bateson ("Naven: Problems raised by a composite diagram of a New Guinea tribal culture drawn from three perspectives" 1936) is an interesting example. Naven is a ritual of celebration for a young man who has completed his first job, and cross-dressing plays an important role in it. *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Iatmul tribe" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…彼らは行き会う男たちに甘え,……〉と,1788年1月のローマのカーニバルのようすを生き生きと描写している。このような祭儀の時空における女装・男装の例は世界各地に見られ,人類学者・民俗学者らによる報告・研究も数多く行われているが,たとえばイギリス生れの人類学者・精神病理学者G.ベートソンによるニューギニア・イアトムル族の〈ナベンNaven〉と呼ばれる行動の研究(《ナベン――三つの観点からひきだされたニューギニアのある部族文化の合成図が示す諸問題》1936)は,興味深い事例であるといってよい。ナベンは,初めて一人前の仕事をなしとげた若者(男)に対する祝福の儀礼などとして行われるが,そこでは女装・男装が重要な地位を占める。… ※「イアトムル族」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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