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Austronesian paths and journeys /
This is the eighth volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. Each of the papers in this volume examines various cultural expressions of metaphors of path and journey within a specific Austronesian society. While these extended ethnographic accounts focus on a diversity of metaphoric expressions...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Canberra, ACT, Australia :
Australian National University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Comparative Austronesian Series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Towards a comparative ethnography of Austronesian paths and journeys/ James J. Fox
- 2. From paths to traditional territory: Wayfinding and the materialisation of an ancestral homeland / Wen-ling Lin
- 3. Testing paths in shamanic performances among the northern Amis of Taiwan / Yi-tze Lee 4. Funerary speeches and marital investigations in highland Madagascar / Denis Regnier
- 5. Journeys in quest of cosmic power: Highland heroes in Borneo / Monica Janowski
- 6. Life, death and journeys of regeneration in Saribas Iban funerary rituals / Clifford Sather
- 7. The long journey of the rice maiden from Lio to Tanjung Bunga: A Lamaholot sung narrative (Flores, eastern Indonesia) / Dana Rappoport
- 8. Paths of life and death: Rotenese life-course recitations and the journey to the afterworld / James J. Fox
- 9. Winds and seas: Exploring the pulses of place in kula exchange and yam gardening / Susanne Kuehling
- 10. On the word ked: The way of being and becoming in Muyuw / Frederick H. Damon
- 11. Walking on the village paths: Kanaawoq in Yap and rarahan in Yami / Yu-chien Huang.