Austronesian Paths and Journeys

• Sonstige: Fox, James J.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative Austronesian Series.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (366 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- 1. Towards a comparative ethnography of Austronesian 'paths' and 'journeys' -- 2. From paths to traditional territory: Wayfinding and the materialisation of an ancestral homeland -- 3. Testing paths in shamanic performances among the northern Amis of Taiwan -- 4. Funerary speeches and marital investigations in highland Madagascar -- 5. Journeys in quest of cosmic power: Highland heroes in Borneo -- 6. Life, death and journeys of regeneration in Saribas Iban funerary rituals -- 7. The long journey of the rice maiden from Li'o to Tanjung Bunga: A Lamaholot sung narrative (Flores, eastern Indonesia) -- 8. Paths of life and death: Rotenese life-course recitations and the journey to the afterworld -- 9. Winds and seas: Exploring the pulses of place in kula exchange and yam gardening -- 10. On the word ked: The 'way' of being and becoming in Muyuw -- 11. Walking on the village paths: Kanaawoq in Yap and rarahan in Yami -- Contributors -- Index.