Austronesian Paths And Journeys
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Austronesian Paths And Journeys
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Author : James J. Fox
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2021-05-18
Austronesian Paths And Journeys written by James J. Fox and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-18 with History categories.
This is the eighth volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. The papers in this volume examine metaphors of path and journey among specific Austronesian societies located on islands from Taiwan to Timor and from Madagascar to Micronesia. These diverse local expressions define common cultural conceptions found throughout the Austronesian-speaking world.
Gender Property And Politics In The Pacific
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Author : Rebecca Monson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-31
Gender Property And Politics In The Pacific written by Rebecca Monson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-31 with Law categories.
Legal scholars, economists, and international development practitioners often assume that the state is capable of 'securing' rights to land and addressing gender inequality in land tenure. In this innovative study of land tenure in Solomon Islands, Rebecca Monson challenges these assumptions. Monson demonstrates that territorial disputes have given rise to a legal system characterised by state law, custom, and Christianity, and that the legal construction and regulation of property has, in fact, deepened gender inequalities and other forms of social difference. These processes have concentrated formal land control in the hands of a small number of men leaders, and reproduced the state as a hypermasculine domain, with significant implications for public authority, political participation, and state formation. Drawing insights from legal scholarship and political ecology in particular, this book offers a significant study of gender and legal pluralism in the Pacific, illuminating ongoing global debates about gender inequality, land tenure, ethnoterritorial struggles and the post colonial state.
One Hundred Years Of Argonauts
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Author : Chris Hann
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2024-06-01
One Hundred Years Of Argonauts written by Chris Hann and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Malinowski’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific was a major contribution to anthropological theory and method, while simultaneously establishing the sub-field of economic anthropology. Even a century after its publication, Malinowski’s pioneering work remains critical for anthropology in a postcolonial age. This volume uses ethnographic studies from around the world to contextualize the work politically and intellectually, examining its gestation and influence from multiple perspectives. It critically explores the meaning of “economy” for Malinowski from his formation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to his path-breaking fieldwork in Melanesia and ensuing career in London.
A Journey Through Austronesian And Papuan Linguistic And Cultural Space
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Author : Andrew Pawley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
A Journey Through Austronesian And Papuan Linguistic And Cultural Space written by Andrew Pawley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Knots
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Author : David Lipset
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-05-31
Knots written by David Lipset and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-31 with Social Science categories.
Knots are well known as symbols of moral relationships. This book develops an exciting new view of this otherwise taken-for-granted image and considers their metaphoric value in and for moral order. In chapters that focus on Japan, China, Europe, South America and in several Pacific Island societies, granular ethnography depicts how knots are deployed to express unity in daily and ritual embodiment, political authority and the cosmos, as well as in social thought. The volume will be of interest to anthropologists and other scholars concerned with metaphor and symbolism, material culture and technology.
Paths And Rivers
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Author : Roxana Waterson
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2009
Paths And Rivers written by Roxana Waterson and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
The product of fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period, Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa'dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the 20th century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and their flamboyant ceremonies, which place extraordinary economic demands on individuals and families. A comparative perspective sets Toraja structure in the context of the Austronesian world, but the author also delves deeply into Toraja social memory to show how people think about their past, and to examine the usefulness of history and myth as a source of identity, a template for action, or a resource for claiming presence. The book gives a clear picture of the structure and ethos of the indigenous Toraja religion, the Aluk To Dolo or 'Way of the Ancestors', with its complex cycle of rituals. As more and more people convert to Christianity, Aluk To Dolo is in increasingly rapid decline; yet, certain Toraja rituals, especially mortuary rites and those that celebrate the rebuilding of origin houses, continue vigorously in Christianized forms. The book concludes with an analysis of the ceremonial economy, which draws upon both domestic and subsistence production and the global market economy. The 'Toraja' ethnic identity emerged during the past century as a response to far-reaching social changes initiated by the Dutch colonial regime and accelerated through ensuing regime changes and political developments, culminating in the effervescent mood of 'Reformation' since Soeharto's fall from power in 1998. In tracing these transformations, Paths and Rivers draws together a fascinating picture of one society's journey into modernity.
Paths And Rivers
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Author : Rosana Waterson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Paths And Rivers written by Rosana Waterson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with History categories.
Fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period provided materials for this book. Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa’dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the past century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and their flamboyant ceremonial life, which places extraordinary economic demands on individuals and families. The analysis is informed, firstly, by a comparative perspective which sets Toraja social structure in the context of the Austronesian world. Secondly, the author delves deeply into Toraja social memory to show how people think about the past. She examines the usefulness of history and myth in the present as a source of identity, a template for action, or a resource by means of which to claim precedence. The book gives a clear picture of the structure and ethos of the indigenous Toraja religion, the Aluk To Dolo or "Way of the Ancestors", with its complex cycle of rituals. The book concludes with an analysis of the ceremonial economy, which draws upon both domestic subsistence production and the global market economy. Paths and Rivers draws together a fascinating picture of one society’s journey into modernity.
The Routledge Companion To Humanism And Literature
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Author : Michael Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-03-31
The Routledge Companion To Humanism And Literature written by Michael Bryson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature provides readers with a comprehensive reassessment of the value of humanism in an intellectual landscape. Offering contributions by leading international scholars, this volume seeks to define literature as a core expressive form and an essential constitutive element of newly reformulated understandings of humanism. While the value of humanism has recently been dominated by anti-humanist and post-humanist perspectives which focused on the flaws and exclusions of previous definitions of humanism, this volume examines the human problems, dilemmas, fears, and aspirations expressed in literature, as a fundamentally humanist art form and activity. Divided into three overarching categories, this companion will explore the histories, developments, debates, and contestations of humanism in literature, and deliver fresh definitions of "the new humanism" for the humanities. This focus aims to transcend the boundaries of a world in which human life is all too often defined in terms of restrictions—political, economic, theological, intellectual—and lived in terms of obedience, conformity, isolation, and fear. The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature will provide invaluable support to humanities students and scholars alike seeking to navigate the relevance and resilience of humanism across world cultures and literatures.
The Austronesian Languages Of Asia And Madagascar
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Author : K. Alexander Adelaar
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The Austronesian Languages Of Asia And Madagascar written by K. Alexander Adelaar and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Foreign Language Study categories.
An essential source of reference for this linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.
Inside Austronesian Houses
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Author : James J. Fox
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Inside Austronesian Houses written by James J. Fox and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Social Science categories.
Dwellings; Social life; Customs; Southeast asia; Oceania.