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Poetic power of place : comparative perspectives on Austronesian ideas of locality /

"This collection of papers is the fourth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Each paper describes a specific Austronesian locality and offers an ethnographic account of the way in which social knowledge is vested, maintained and transformed in a particula...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), Australian National University. Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. Comparative Austronesian Project
Other Authors: Fox, James J., 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Place (Philosophy)
Sacred space > Madagascar.
Sacred space > Indonesia.
Sacred space > Papua New Guinea.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Sacred space.
Indonesia.
Madagascar.
Papua New Guinea.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This collection of papers is the fourth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Each paper describes a specific Austronesian locality and offers an ethnographic account of the way in which social knowledge is vested, maintained and transformed in a particular landscape. The intention of the volume is to consider common patterns in the representation of place among Austronesian-speaking populations."--Publisher's description.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781920942861
1920942866