The Poetic Power of Place

The Poetic Power of Place Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian Ideas of Locality - Comparative Austronesian

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection of papers is the fourth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Each paper describes a specific Austronesian locality and offers an ethnographic account of the way in which social knowledge is vested, maintained and transformed in a particular landscape. The intention of the volume is to consider common patterns in the representation of place among Austronesian-speaking populations.

Book information

ISBN: 9780731528417
Publisher: Anu Press
Imprint: Anu Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 481g
Height: 250mm
Width: 176mm
Spine width: 14mm