Book Review – Ancestors in Borneo Societies: Death, Transformation and Social Immortality
Death, eschatology and mortuary practice in Borneo societies have long received considerable attention from anthropologists. Many of these studies in some way have been influenced by Robert Hertz's "collective representation of death" theory, especially since the appearance in 1960...
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Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/40829/1/Art7-BookReview1.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/40829/ http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Art7-BookReview1.pdf |
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| Summary: | Death, eschatology and mortuary practice in Borneo societies have long
received considerable attention from anthropologists. Many of these studies
in some way have been influenced by Robert Hertz's "collective
representation of death" theory, especially since the appearance in 1960 of
an English translation of this work (for example, Peter Metcalf's A Borneo
Journey into Death in 1982). In contrast, studies focusing on ancestors in
Borneo, particularly their religious and social importance, have long been
an area of neglect. This oversight is even more surprising given that in
Borneo, like most other Austronesian-speaking societies, the dead play a
significant role in the ritual activities of the living. |
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