The Banana Leaf Men
Author : Aneeta Sundararaj
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Arranged marriage
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Author : Aneeta Sundararaj
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Arranged marriage
ISBN :
Author : Aneeta Sundararaj
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,73 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category :
ISBN :
Feisty, independent and highly intelligent, Tika, having reached the watershed of her thirtieth birthday, agrees to submit to the pressure from the formidable Institution of the Aunties, and agrees to an arranged marriage. She endures a succession of repulsive, chauvinistic, self-important suitors in this compelling, humourous and poignant story of the clash of cultures in that rich curry-pot of races and social mores that is modern Malaysia. The novel has great charm and relevance in a world hurtling towards globalisation. Tika's journey has a surprising resolution (by Anna Abbott)
Author : Katie Smith Milway
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1771388595
Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and one leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. But when a coach organizes the children to play soccer, everything begins to change for Deo. And for Remy. By sharing the joy of play, –no one feels so alone anymore.” Readers everywhere will be inspired to read how play can change lives.
Author : Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D.
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1623176050
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as "soft"--the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, extractive capitalism, and delegitimization. Here, Jessica Hernandez--Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul--introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces, that generates rather than destroys. She breaks down the failures of western-defined conservatism and shares alternatives, citing the restoration work of urban Indigenous people in Seattle; her family's fight against ecoterrorism in Latin America; and holistic land management approaches of Indigenous groups across the continent. Through case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices and lived experiences of Indigenous Latin American women and land protectors, Hernandez makes the case that if we're to recover the health of our planet--for everyone--we need to stop the eco-colonialism ravaging Indigenous lands and restore our relationship with Earth to one of harmony and respect.
Author : Wilson G. Wheatcroft
Publisher :
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Ethnology
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Author : André Droogers
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3110825031
No detailed description available for "The Dangerous Journey".
Author : Kerry B. Collison
Publisher : Sid Harta Publishers
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1877006122
Canberra bomb toll 'horrific' - Amongst those believed killed were the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, the Indonesian Chief of Army Staff, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs and... Tension between Australia and Indonesia, the world's largest Moslem nation, brings the two countries to the brink of war. East Timor's sovereignty and rich oil fields shared by the two neighbouring countries become key elements in one man's ambitions. General Nathan Seda, a powerful Indonesian Officer, has a dangerous plan in which he enmeshes Stephen Coleman, a career Intelligence Officer with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. The Timor Man, an absorbing thriller, provides a controversial perspective on events in Indonesia from the abortive coup d'etat of 1965 to the present day.
Author :
Publisher : Tara Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Animals
ISBN : 8186211284
An adaptation of an Indonesian trickster tale about Kanchil the mouse deer.
Author : Brian Conn
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1573661538
Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic.
Author : Margaret Mead
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release :
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412837873
For approximately eight months during 1931-1932, anthropologist Margaret Mead lived with and studied the Mountain Arapesh-a segment of the population of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. She found a culture based on simplicity, sensitivity, and cooperation. In contrast to the aggressive Arapesh who lived on the plains, both the men and the women of the mountain settlements were found to be, in Mead's word, maternal. The Mountain Arapesh exhibited qualities that many might consider feminine: they were, in general, passive, affectionate, and peaceloving. Though Mead partially explains the male's "femininity" as being due to the type of nourishment available to the Arapesh, she maintains social conditioning to be a factor in the type of lifestyle led by both sexes. Mead's study encapsulates all aspects of the Arapesh culture. She discusses betrothal and marriage customs, sexuality, gender roles, diet, religion, arts, agriculture, and rites of passage. In possibly a portent for the breakdown of traditional roles and beliefs in the latter part of the twentieth century, Mead discusses the purpose of rites of passage in maintaining societal values and social control. Mead also discovered that both male and female parents took an active role in raising their children. Furthermore, it was found that there were few conflicts over property: the Arapesh, having no concept of land ownership, maintained a peaceful existence with each other. In his new introduction to The Mountain Arapesh, Paul B. Roscoe assesses the importance of Mead's work in light of modern anthropological and ethnographic research, as well as how it fits into her own canon of writings. Roscoe discusses findings he culled from a trip to Papua New Guinea in 1991 to clarify some ambiguities in Mead's work. His travels also served to help reconstruct what had happened to the Arapesh since Mead's historic visit in the early 1930s. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York for over fifty years, becoming Curator of Ethnology in 1964. She taught at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research as well as a number of other universities. Among her many books is Continuities in Cultural Evolution, available from Transaction Publishers. Paul B. Roscoe is professor of anthropology at the University of Maine. He is a frequent contributor to anthropology journals, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, and Current Anthropology, and is co-editor (with Nancy Lutkehaus) of Gender Rituals: Female Initiation in Melanesia. The 1992 recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute's Curl Essay Prize, he has an archival specialization in ancient Polynesia.