Borneo Journey into Death e-bog
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The unusual and symbolically complex funerary rites of the Berawan of central Borneo are here analyzed in the first such full-length study based on modern ethnographic research. Metcalf demonstrates how the ritual sand social organization of death serve as a crucial point of entry into the cosmology of a non-Western culture.
E-bog
948,41 DKK
Udgivet
30 januar 2017
Længde
304 sider
Genrer
Anthropology
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781512818079
The unusual and symbolically complex funerary rites of the Berawan of central Borneo are here analyzed in the first such full-length study based on modern ethnographic research. Metcalf demonstrates how the ritual sand social organization of death serve as a crucial point of entry into the cosmology of a non-Western culture.