Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia

Myrna Tonkinson, Victoria Burbank

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Drawing on ethnography of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia, Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous... Lees meer

Aboriginal Family and the State

Sally Babidge

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Aboriginal Family and the State examines the contemporary relations and history of Indigenous families in Australia, specifically referencing issues o... Lees meer

Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia

Myrna Tonkinson, Victoria Burbank

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Drawing on ethnography of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia, Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous... Lees meer

Expressive Genres and Historical Change

Andrew Strathern

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring s... Lees meer

Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation

Elizabeth Burns Coleman

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• The belief held by Aboriginal people that their art is ultimately related to their identity, and to the continued existence of their culture, has made... Lees meer

Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges

Assa Doron

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization ... Lees meer

Family, Gender and Kinship in Australia

Allon J Uhlmann

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This ethnographically-based exploration draws on sociological, historical and demographic data to provide a comprehensive analysis of family, gender a... Lees meer

Expressive Genres and Historical Change

Andrew Strathern

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring s... Lees meer

Visual Research and Indonesian Ethnography

Karl Heider

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This book focuses on how visual records - mainly on film or video - can provide data for research and presents a variety of visual projects drawn from... Lees meer

Honour, Mana, and Agency in Polynesian-European Conflict

Annette Wilkes

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Focusing on the era of "first encounters" in Polynesia, this book provides a fresh look at some of the early contacts between indigenous people and th... Lees meer

Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation

Elizabeth Burns Coleman

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• The belief held by Aboriginal people that their art is ultimately related to their identity, and to the continued existence of their culture, has made... Lees meer

Islamic Spectrum in Java

Timothy Daniels

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation, engaging with complex is... Lees meer

Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges

Assa Doron

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization ... Lees meer

Visual Research and Indonesian Ethnography

Karl Heider

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This book focuses on how visual records - mainly on film or video - can provide data for research and presents a variety of visual projects drawn from... Lees meer

Gender, Christianity and Change in Vanuatu

Annelin Eriksen

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Focusing on cultural change and the socio-political movements in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, this book uses both anthropological and histori... Lees meer

Family, Gender and Kinship in Australia

Allon J Uhlmann

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This ethnographically-based exploration draws on sociological, historical and demographic data to provide a comprehensive analysis of family, gender a... Lees meer

Collective Creativity

Katherine Giuffre

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Collective Creativity offers an analysis of the explosion of artistic creativity currently taking place on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga. By e... Lees meer

Aboriginal Family and the State

Sally Babidge

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Aboriginal Family and the State examines the contemporary relations and history of Indigenous families in Australia, specifically referencing issues o... Lees meer

Islamic Spectrum in Java

Timothy Daniels

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation. It engages with complex ... Lees meer

Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia

Ildiko Beller-Hann, M Cristina Cesàro, Joanne Smith Finley

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Drawing together distinguished international scholars, this volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs. It b... Lees meer

The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond

• Hardcover | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond examines how Melanesians experience and deal with moral dilemmas and challenges. Taking Kenelm Bu... Lees meer

Migrating Genders

Johanna Schmidt

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Migrating Genders presents a sustained description of male-to-female transgendered identities, explaining how the fa'afafine fit within the wider gend... Lees meer

My God, My Land

Jacqueline Ryle

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• Examining the multifaceted nature of Christianity in Fiji, My God, My Land reveals the deeply complex and often paradoxical dynamics and tensions betw... Lees meer

The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond

• Paperback | Engels | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacif
• The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond examines how Melanesians experience and deal with moral dilemmas and challenges. Taking Kenelm Bu... Lees meer