Author : Patience Turtoe-Sanders
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2020-12-24
Category :
ISBN :
Are we shrouded in mystery? Are we being watched by mysterious eyes? Are there still taboos left in the world, if so, how do ancestors react to forbidden behavior? Read this book. It's captivating. It's different. It's watching you!
Author : Reimar Schefold
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780804851732
"Simply the best book ever published on this subject." --Sir David Attenborough Lavish photography and groundbreaking texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious collection. Eyes of the Ancestors takes an in-depth look at the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned collection of artworks from Island Southeast Asia. Beautiful photography and essays by distinguished international scholars unlock the magic of the island cultures of this region. Leading cultural anthropologist Reimar Schefold introduces these texts, which investigate various indigenous art forms from a fresh, art history perspective. They describe the contexts, purposes, and aesthetic influences of a range of objects, from intricately woven sacred and ceremonial textiles to carved ancestral figures. Also featured are gold and metalwork designs as well as weaponry and jewelry--most dating back more than a hundred years. A 19th-century mouth mask in the collection, from the Leti Islands, is one of only our known to be in existence. Carved in the shape of a bird's head, this wooden mask was used in ritual dances. Other spectacular examples from the collection also reflect the beliefs and practices of these island cultures.
Author : Carlos Andrade
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0824831195
The land of Ha'ena in Hawaii is known to Hawaiians as Hale Le'a (House of Pleasure and Delight). This book recounts the history of Ha'ena, outlining the relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment as well as the impact of immigrants.
Author : Martina Deuchler
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1684175534
Under the Ancestors’ Eyes presents a new approach to Korean social history by focusing on the origin and development of the indigenous descent group. Martina Deuchler maintains that the surprising continuity of the descent-group model gave the ruling elite cohesion and stability and enabled it to retain power from the early Silla (fifth century) to the late nineteenth century. This argument, underpinned by a fresh interpretation of the late-fourteenth-century Koryŏ-Chosŏn transition, illuminates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device through which the elite regained and maintained dominance during the Chosŏn period. Neo-Confucianism as espoused in Korea did not level the social hierarchy but instead tended to sustain the status system. In the late Chosŏn, it also provided ritual models for the lineage-building with which local elites sustained their preeminence vis-à-vis an intrusive state. Though Neo-Confucianism has often been blamed for the rigidity of late Chosŏn society, it was actually the enduring native kinship ideology that preserved the strict social-status system. By utilizing historical and social anthropological methodology and analyzing a wealth of diverse materials, Deuchler highlights Korea’s distinctive elevation of the social over the political.
Author : June Nash
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Mayas
ISBN :
Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0307801039
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book World World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits—self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics—are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Sagan and Druyan conduct a breathtaking journey through space and time, zeroing in on critical turning points in evolutionary history, and tracing the origins of sex, altruism, violence, rape, and dominance. Their book culminates in a stunningly original examination of the connection between primate and human traits. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a triumph of popular science.
Author : Maureen Alice Taylor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395869826
Discusses genealogy, the study of one's family, examining how such an interest develops, how to get started, how to use family stories and keepsakes, where to get help, and the positive effects of such study.
Author : Amy Gillespie Dougherty
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781954047143
"The world of ancestral healing opens up possibilities for mind, body, soul, and spirit wellness you've never imagined. The Ancestors Within offers a collection of life-changing experts' stories and practical tools in the field of ancestral healing so you can understand what's possible and experience improved health, wealth, and happiness.--Publisher's description.
Author : Donna Marie Powell
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2014-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780464901853
Book describes America's cultural mix and family values!
Author : Harriet Rohmer
Publisher : Children's Book Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780892391585
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.
