Austronesian Paths and Journeys by James J. Fox, Frederick H. Damon, Yu-chien Huan, Susanne Kuehling, Dana Rappoport, Monica Janowski, Clifford Sather, Wen-ling Lin, Yi-tze Lee ISBN 9781760464332, 9781760464325, 1760464333, 1760464325 instant download

Austronesian Paths and Journeys by James J. Fox, Frederick H. Damon, Yu-chien Huan, Susanne Kuehling, Dana Rappoport, Monica Janowski, Clifford Sather, Wen-ling Lin, Yi-tze Lee ISBN 9781760464332, 9781760464325, 1760464333, 1760464325 instant download

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.
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Contents:
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• Towards a comparative ethnography of Austronesian ‘paths’ and ‘journeys’ – James J. Fox
• From paths to traditional territory: Wayfinding and the materialisation of an ancestral homeland – Wen-ling Lin
• Testing paths in shamanic performances among the northern Amis of Taiwan – Yi-tze Lee
• Journeys in quest of cosmic power: Highland heroes in Borneo – Monica Janowski
• Life, death and journeys of regeneration in Saribas Iban funerary rituals – Clifford Sather
• The long journey of the rice maiden from Li’o to Tanjung Bunga: A Lamaholot sung narrative (Flores, eastern Indonesia) – Dana Rappoport
• Paths of life and death: Rotenese life-course recitations and the journey to the afterworld – James J. Fox
• Winds and seas: Exploring the pulses of place in kula exchange and yam gardening – Susanne Kuehling
• On the word ked: The ‘way’ of being and becoming in Muyuw – Frederick H. Damon
• Walking on the village paths: Kanaawoq in Yap and rarahan in Yami – Yu-chien Huan