Mark Jamieson
Masks and madness: ritual expression of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents
Jamieson, Mark
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Abstract
This article considers two forms of action among Miskitu adolescents, both of which encode in ritualised form anxieties and desires concerned with the imminent categorical transition from adolescence to adulthood. The first of these is a masked dance known as ‘mosko’ which is performed mainly by both young unmarried man and women in the village of Kakabila. The second is a supposedly culture-bound, and evidently contagious, condition known as ‘grisi siknis’ which afflicts mainly young unmarried women in Miskitu-speaking communities throughout eastern Nicaragua and Honduras. Analysis of this material suggests that where rituals directly enacting transformations to adulthood are absent, modes of action allowing individuals to express concerns surrounding this change of status are likely to be particularly dramatic.
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Jamieson, M. (2001). Masks and madness: ritual expression of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents. Social Anthropology, 9(3), 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0964028201000209
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 2001 |
Deposit Date | Jul 29, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 11, 2010 |
Journal | Social Anthropology |
Print ISSN | 0964-0282 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-8676 |
Publisher | Berghahn Journals |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 257-272 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/s0964028201000209 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1533726 |
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