Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land: Land and Territory in the Austronesian World

Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land: Land and Territory in the Austronesian World
ISBN-10
192094270X
ISBN-13
9781920942700
Category
Social Science
Pages
385
Language
English
Published
2006-10-01
Publisher
ANU E Press
Author
Thomas Reuter

Description

This collection of papers is the fifth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Reflecting the unique experience of fourteen ethnographers in as many different societies, the papers in this volume explore how people in the Austronesian-speaking societies of the Asia-Pacific have traditionally constructed their relationship to land and specific territories. Focused on the nexus of local and global processes, the volume offers fresh perspectives to current debate in social theory on the conflicting human tendencies of mobility and emplacement.

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