The Thread of Life : : Toraja Reflections on the Life Cycle / / Jane C. Wellenkamp, Douglas W. Hollan.

"This is an enjoyably readable and generally illuminating look at the more intimate side of Toraja life and relationships. [It is] an innovative approach to ethnography, valuable in its attempt to deal with aspects of life that are often passed over in more conventional ethnographic writing.&qu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1996]
©1996
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
30 Chapter 2. Birth, Infancy, and Early Childhood --
Chapter 3. Later Childhood and Adolescence --
Chapter 4. Marriage and Parenting --
Chapter 5. Adulthood, Aging, and Death --
Chapter 6. The Cycle of Life in Toraja --
Appendix 1: Checklist of Open Interview Topics --
Appendix 2: Respondents --
Notes --
Glossary --
References --
INDEX --
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Summary:"This is an enjoyably readable and generally illuminating look at the more intimate side of Toraja life and relationships. [It is] an innovative approach to ethnography, valuable in its attempt to deal with aspects of life that are often passed over in more conventional ethnographic writing." --Journal of Asian Studies
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780824865108
9783110564150
DOI:10.1515/9780824865108
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jane C. Wellenkamp, Douglas W. Hollan.