02922nam 2200517uu 450 991056304390332120240613211239.0(CKB)5680000000036099(MiAaPQ)EBC6829400(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70328(Au-PeEL)EBL6829400(OCoLC)1247150967(EXLCZ)99568000000003609920240605d2021 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAustronesian Paths and Journeys1st ed.CanberraANU Press20211 electronic resource (366 pages)Comparative Austronesian Series.1-76046-432-5 Intro -- Abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- 1. Towards a comparative ethnography of Austronesian 'paths' and 'journeys' -- 2. From paths to traditional territory: Wayfinding and the materialisation of an ancestral homeland -- 3. Testing paths in shamanic performances among the northern Amis of Taiwan -- 4. Funerary speeches and marital investigations in highland Madagascar -- 5. Journeys in quest of cosmic power: Highland heroes in Borneo -- 6. Life, death and journeys of regeneration in Saribas Iban funerary rituals -- 7. The long journey of the rice maiden from Li'o to Tanjung Bunga: A Lamaholot sung narrative (Flores, eastern Indonesia) -- 8. Paths of life and death: Rotenese life-course recitations and the journey to the afterworld -- 9. Winds and seas: Exploring the pulses of place in kula exchange and yam gardening -- 10. On the word ked: The 'way' of being and becoming in Muyuw -- 11. Walking on the village paths: Kanaawoq in Yap and rarahan in Yami -- Contributors -- Index.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.Asian historybicsscAustralasian & Pacific historybicsscCultural studiesbicsscSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographybicsscAsia Pacific;Ethnographic;Austronesia;Journeys;CulturalAsian historyAustralasian & Pacific historyCultural studiesSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography959Fox James Jedt645677Fox James JothMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910563043903321Austronesian Paths and Journeys2586747UNINA