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Anthropology and Religion

What We Know, Think, and Question

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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Anthropology and Religion

What We Know, Think, and Question

By: Robert L. Winzeler

Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this revised and updated text, hailed as the "best general text on religion in anthropology available," offers an introduction to what anthropologists know or think about religion, how they have studied it, and how...

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0759121893

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9780759121898

Anthropology and Religion

What We Know, Think, and Question

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today

Ethnography, Ethnology, and Change in a Complex Region

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today

Ethnography, Ethnology, and Change in a Complex Region

By: Robert L. Winzeler

The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today offers an anthropological treatment of the ethnography and ethnology of Southeast Asia, covering both the mainland and the insular regions. Based on the proposition that Southeast Asia is a true culture area, the book offers background information on geography, languages, prehistory and history, with a particular emphasis on the role of colonialism and the development of ethnic pluralism. It then turns to classic anthropological topics of interest including modes of adaptation, ways of life, and religion, all illustrated with relevant, current case studies. Students will find well-supported discussions of subjects ranging from the development of agriculture and language dispersals, to fantasy and reality in hunter-gatherer studies, to disputed interpretations of Thai Buddhism and Javanese Islam, to ongoing government efforts to manage religion, create proper citizens, resettle and assimilate indigenous populations, end shifting cultivation and promote modernization.

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Rowman Altamira

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0759118647

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9780759118645

The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo

By: Robert L. Winzeler

Among Borneo's spectacular indigenous buildings, the longhouses, mortuary monuments, and other architectural forms of the interior are some of the most outstanding, and much of the renewed interest in indigenous architecture has focused on the rapidly vanishing or now extinct traditional forms of a small number of surviving examples or recreations. Drawing on the author's extensive research and travel in Borneo, this impressive and original study offers a more comprehensive account of this architecture than any previous work. Organized into two sections, the book first documents and explains traditional built forms in terms of tools and materials, the environmental context, village organization, and social arrangements. This section includes a full discussion of architecture designs and symbolism, especially those dealing with life and death. The author next looks at the destruction or transformation of traditional architecture based on a number of interrelated developments, including religious conversion, Western influence, internal migration, and logging, as well as governmental attitudes and efforts. The book concludes with a discussion of recent efforts to document and preserve traditional structures and turn indigenous as well as colonial architecture into history and heritage.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082486459X

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9780824864590

Latah in South-East Asia

The History and Ethnography of a Culture-bound Syndrome

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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Latah in South-East Asia

The History and Ethnography of a Culture-bound Syndrome

By: Robert L. Winzeler

A critical reassessment of latah, the Malayan hyperstartle pattern, and 'culture-bound syndrome'.

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194

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Cambridge University Press

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0521472199

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9780521472197

Popular Religion in Southeast Asia

By: Robert L. Winzeler

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Popular Religion in Southeast Asia

By: Robert L. Winzeler

In this overview of popular religion in Southeast Asia, Robert L. Winzeler offers an interpretative look at the nature of today’s indigenous religious traditions as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity and conversion. He focuses not on religion as it exists in books, doctrine, theology, and among elites and dominant institutions but rather in the lives, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people. Popular Religion in Southeast Asia employs a broad view of religion as involving not just the usual Western notions of faith but also supernatural belief in general, magic, sorcery, and practical concerns such as healing, personal protection, and success in business. Case studies and concrete examples flesh out the discussion, demonstrating how popular religion relates to historical and contemporary social, cultural, political, and economic developments in the region.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0759124418

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9780759124417

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

By: Robert L Brown

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The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

By: Robert L Brown

This book analyses a group of Buddhist sculptures from ancient Southeast Asia, putting them into their historical, religious, and artistic context and then traces their relationship with art from India and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

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380

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BRILL

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9004644954

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9789004644953

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

By: Robert L. Brown

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400

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9004104356

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Book's by Robert L. Winzeler

Anthropology and Religion

Anthropology and Religion

Anthropology and Religion

Anthropology and Religion

The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today

The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today

The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo

The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo

Latah in South-East Asia

Latah in South-East Asia

Popular Religion in Southeast Asia

Popular Religion in Southeast Asia

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

The Dvāravatī Wheels of the Law and the Indianization of South East Asia

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