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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.
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"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
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- PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0812278496
- ISBN 13 9780812278491
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
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