Nigel Barley: Toraja, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Toraja
Buch
- Misadventures of a Social Anthropologist in Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Publisher:
- Monsoon Books, 12/2013
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9789814423465
- Item number:
- 3424621
- Volume:
- 248 Pages
- other:
- 21 black & white halftones
- Weight:
- 179 g
- Format:
- 198 x 123 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 5.12.2013
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo. In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers fascinating insight into the people of Sulawesi and he recounts the tale of the four Torajan woodcarvers he invites back to London to construct an Indonesian rice barn in The British Museum. Previously published as "Not a Hazardous Sport".
Biography
Nigel Barley studierte moderne Sprachen und Ethnologie in Cambridge und Oxford und betrieb zwei Jahre lang Feldforschung in Kamerun. Seit 1981 arbeitet er am British Museum in London. Weitere Buchveröffentlichungen: "Die Raupenplage", "Traurige Insulaner" und "Hallo Mister Puttyman".
Nigel Barley
Toraja
Current price: EUR 12.23
