Rindi an ethnographic study of a traditional domain in eastern Sumba

The author describes Rindi culture within an analytic framework that illustrates connexions between, and common principles among, often apparently disparate realms of thought and action. The book contains chapters on the house; the village and the domain (an aggregate of villages); space and cosmos;...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Forth, Gregory L., author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: The Hague, Netherlands : Brill 1981
1981.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 93.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432615606719
Description
Summary:The author describes Rindi culture within an analytic framework that illustrates connexions between, and common principles among, often apparently disparate realms of thought and action. The book contains chapters on the house; the village and the domain (an aggregate of villages); space and cosmos; religion (the notions \'hamangu\' and \'ndewa\'; divinity and the ancestors; the powers of the earth); the cycle of life and death; social order (class stratification; the division of authority; descent groups) and the system of asymmetric prescriptive alliance by which it is governed; marriage prestations and the various ways of contracting a marriage. The study is based on 22 months of fieldwork.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 519 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
Also available in print form
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004287242