The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia
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The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia is an anthropological study that examines how warfare, ritual practices, and concepts of personhood are intertwined in Melanesian societies.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15453299 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia Context triple: [Simon Harrison (anthropologist), notableWork, The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia]
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Crime and Custom in Savage Society
Crime and Custom in Savage Society is a classic anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines law, social order, and customary practices in so-called "primitive" societies through detailed fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.
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B.
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
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C.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
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D.
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a landmark ethnographic study by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that pioneered participant observation through its detailed account of the Kula exchange system in the Trobriand Islands.
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E.
New Guinea societies
New Guinea societies are diverse indigenous cultural groups on the island of New Guinea whose gender roles, social structures, and temperaments were famously examined by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia Target entity description: The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia is an anthropological study that examines how warfare, ritual practices, and concepts of personhood are intertwined in Melanesian societies.
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A.
Crime and Custom in Savage Society
Crime and Custom in Savage Society is a classic anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines law, social order, and customary practices in so-called "primitive" societies through detailed fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands.
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B.
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
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C.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
-
D.
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a landmark ethnographic study by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that pioneered participant observation through its detailed account of the Kula exchange system in the Trobriand Islands.
-
E.
New Guinea societies
New Guinea societies are diverse indigenous cultural groups on the island of New Guinea whose gender roles, social structures, and temperaments were famously examined by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Simon Harrison (anthropologist)
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notableWork
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The Mask of War: Violence, Ritual and the Self in Melanesia
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