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A Borneo Journey Into Death
The unusual and symbolically complex funerary rites of the Berawan of central Borneo are here analyzed in the first such full-length study based on modern ethnographic research. Metcalf demonstrates how the ritual sand social organization of death serve as a crucial point of entry into the cosmology of a non-Western culture.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
- Publish Date: Sep 29th, 1982
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: Reprint 2016 - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.69in - 1.31lb
- EAN: 9780812278491
- Categories: • Comparative Religion
Praise for this book
"Clearly and unpretentiously written, with a wealth of convincing details and narrative observation. . . . An admirable case study in the fields of comparative religion and informal philosophies of life."-- "Rodney Needham, Oxford University"