Toraja e-bog
74,45 DKK
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In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo. In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers fascinating insight into the people of Sulawesi and he recounts the tale of the four Toraja...
E-bog
74,45 DKK
Forlag
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd.
Udgivet
1 september 2013
Længde
248 sider
Genrer
1FM
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9789814423472
In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo. In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers fascinating insight into the people of Sulawesi and he recounts the tale of the four Torajan woodcarvers he invites back to London to construct an Indonesian rice barn in The British Museum. Previously published as Not a Hazardous Sport.