Austronesian paths and journeys / edited by James J. Fox.
| Other author | Fox, James J. |
| Other author | Australian National University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2021. |
| Description | 1 electronic resource (xiii, 351 pages ) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Comparative Austronesian series |
| 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. |
| Review | 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 among widely scattered societies from Taiwan to Timor and from Madagascar to Melanesia and the Pacific, they also point to similar common cultural usages across the Austronesian-speaking world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Issued in other form | Print version: Austronesian paths and journeys Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2021. 9781760464325 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021758918 |
| ISBN | 9781760464332 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (softcover)) |
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