wyszukanych pozycji: 10
The Sun Rises: A Shaman’s Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley
ISBN: 9789004175785 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At the centre of this study is a shaman's chant performed during a three-week long feast in the eastern Himalayas. The book includes a translation of this 12-hour text chanted in Apatani, a Tibeto-Burman language, and a description of the events that surround it, especially ritual exchanges with ceremonial friends, in which fertility is celebrated. The shaman's social role, performance and ritual language are also described. Although complex feasts, like this one among Apatanis, have been described in northeast India and upland Southeast Asia for more than a century, this is the first...
At the centre of this study is a shaman's chant performed during a three-week long feast in the eastern Himalayas. The book includes a translation of...
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404,47 zł |
Himalayan Tribal Tales: Oral Tradition and Culture in the Apatani Valley
ISBN: 9789004171336 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Apatani oral tradition, in the eastern Himalayas, illustrates key cultural ideas, social practices and identity construction. A comparative analysis of Apatani stories reveals parallels across the extended eastern Himalayas, from Arunachal Pradesh to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China.
Apatani oral tradition, in the eastern Himalayas, illustrates key cultural ideas, social practices and identity construction. A comparative analysis o...
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430,56 zł |
All the Way to the Sea
ISBN: 9781915352859 / Miękka / 2023 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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48,87 zł |
Inside the Drama-House: Rama Stories and Shadow Puppets in South India
ISBN: 9780520202061 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Stuart Blackburn takes the reader inside a little-known form of shadow puppetry in this captivating work about performing the Tamil version of the Ramayana epic. Blackburn describes the skill and physical stamina of the puppeteers in Kerala state in South India as they perform all night for as many as ten weeks during the festival season. The fact that these performances often take place without an audience forms the starting point for Blackburn's discussion--one which explores not only this important epic tale and its performance, but also the broader theoretical issues of text,...
Stuart Blackburn takes the reader inside a little-known form of shadow puppetry in this captivating work about performing the Tamil version of the Ram...
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201,21 zł |
The Boy from Shenkottai
ISBN: 9789354470479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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139,44 zł |
Singing of Birth and Death: Texts in Performance
ISBN: 9780812280975 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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410,56 zł |
Canaan Possessed: Studies in Ephesians and Joshua
ISBN: 9780951151549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,36 zł |
Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas
ISBN: 9789004226913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Origins and migration are core elements in the histories, identities and stories of Tibeto-Burman-speaking populations in the extended eastern Himalayas, a region stretching from eastern Nepal through Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and the hill tracts surrounding Assam, to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China. This book is the first to bring together contemporary research on Tibeto-Burman-speaking hill peoples in this region and the only multi-disciplinary study of the closely related topics of origins and migration in this part of Asia, presenting current research by anthropologists,...
Origins and migration are core elements in the histories, identities and stories of Tibeto-Burman-speaking populations in the extended eastern Himalay...
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547,98 zł |
Tribal Architecture in Northeast India
ISBN: 9789004255968 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Traditional houses among the tribal populations of northeast India have long attracted the interest of anthropologists and visitors. Until now, however, they have not been carefully documented. Rene Kolkman, a professional architect in Amsterdam, studied the homes of 37 different ethnic groups in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. His detailed drawings, photographs and personal stories show us the diversity of living spaces in this fascinating cultural area. Longhouses and square houses, built on platforms, built on plinths and housing as many as eighty-six people, these traditional...
Traditional houses among the tribal populations of northeast India have long attracted the interest of anthropologists and visitors. Until now, howeve...
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695,86 zł |