The Poetic Power of Place
Author | : James J. Fox |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2006-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781920942861 |
ISBN-13 | : 1920942866 |
Rating | : 4/5 (866 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Poetic Power of Place written by James J. Fox and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.