Where are You/Spirits. Style and Theme in Berawan Prayer.
de METCALF, PETER
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- 0874746205
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Washington.: Smithsonian.. 1989.. Some black and white photographic illustrations, notes, appendix of first lines of verse by theme, bibliography, index, glossary, conventions of notation, xvi + 345pp., an excellent copy in a dustjacket. "Anthropologists frequently mention prayers in their descriptions of rites and beliefs, but they seldom pay attention to what is actually said in them. Peter Metcalf here corrects this omision through his intricate combination of an analysis of the forms of prayer - use of parallelism, alliteraion, segment structure - with an exploration of prayer as both a rich source of ethnographic knowledge and as little-explored but significant form of cultural creation.
This study, centred on the Berawan of interior Borneo, provides transcriptions and translations of seven prayers that are representative of a range of social and ritual contexts, each with extensive narrative and commentary.
With its dual emphasis on the forms of prayer and the culture revealed by its prayer, Metcalf's unique work encompasses both linguistics and anthropology."(Publisher's description). .
This study, centred on the Berawan of interior Borneo, provides transcriptions and translations of seven prayers that are representative of a range of social and ritual contexts, each with extensive narrative and commentary.
With its dual emphasis on the forms of prayer and the culture revealed by its prayer, Metcalf's unique work encompasses both linguistics and anthropology."(Publisher's description). .
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- Asia Bookroom (AU)
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- Título
- Where are You/Spirits. Style and Theme in Berawan Prayer.
- Autor
- METCALF, PETER
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0874746205
- ISBN 13
- 9780874746204
- Editorial
- Smithsonian.
- Lugar de publicación
- Washington.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989.
- Palabras clave
- Anthropology, Asia, Borneo, Ethnography, Language, Linguistics, Prayers, Religion, Southeast Asia
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