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Not a Hazardous Sport

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Not a Hazardous Sport

By Nigel Barley

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About the book

Nigel Barley travels to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia to live among the Torajan people, known for their spectacular buildings and elaborate ancestor cults. At last he is following his own advice to students, to do their anthropological fieldwork `somewhere where the inhabitants are beautiful, friendly, where you would like the food and there are nice flowers. With his customary wit and delight in the telling detail, he takes the reader deep into this complex but adaptable society. The mutu...Show more

Social and cultural anthropology

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9781780601434

Publisher

Eland Publishing Ltd

Published year

2018

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Not a Hazardous Sport

Format

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