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Ancient religions of the Austronesian world : from Australasia to Taiwan

Title: Ancient religions of the Austronesian world : from Australasia to Taiwan / Julian Baldick.
Author: Baldick, Julian.
Publication: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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244 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. Encompassing both scattered archipelagos and major landmasses, Austronesia - derived from the Latin australis, 'southern', and Greek nesos, 'island' - is used primarily as a linguistic term, designating a family of languages spoken by peoples with a shared heritage. Julian Baldick, a celebrated historian of ancient religion, here argues that the diverse inhabitants of the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and Oceania show a common inheritance that extends beyond language. This commonality is found above all in mythology and ritual, which reach back to an ancient, prehistoric past. From around 1250 BCE the original proto-Oceanic speakers migrated eastwards from South-East Asia. Navigating by the sun, the stars, bird flight, the swells of the sea and cloud-swathed mountain islands, Austronesian voyagers used canoes and outriggers to settle on new territories. They developed a unified pattern of religion characterised by mortuary rites, headhunting and agrarian rituals of the annual calendar, culminating in a post-harvest festival often sexual in nature. This unique overview of Austronesian belief and tradition - the author's final book, and published posthumously - will be essential reading for students of religion, prehistory and anthropology."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

International library of ethnicity, identity and culture ; 4

Uniform Title

International library of ethnicity, identity and culture ; v. 4.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.

Contents

Taiwan -- Western Malayo-Polynesian speakers -- Central Malayo-Polynesian speakers -- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian speakers.

Call Number

JFE 16-1482

ISBN

9781780763668
1780763662

LCCN

2012277894

OCLC

801605733

Author

Baldick, Julian.

Title

Ancient religions of the Austronesian world : from Australasia to Taiwan / Julian Baldick.

Imprint

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

International library of ethnicity, identity and culture ; 4

International library of ethnicity, identity and culture ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-1482

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