Skip to main content

Distributed for NIAS Press

Ancestors in Borneo Societies

Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality

Death, eschatology and exotic indigenous deathways have long held a privileged position in the ethnographic and popular literature on Borneo. Until the publication of this study, however, ancestors have remained a strangely neglected topic. Differing from classic ethnographic representations of ancestor worship based on Sino-African material, this volume will be not just of interest to regional specialists; it will also enrich the general anthropological theory of ancestors, kinship and religion.

400 pages | 33 figures, 2 maps | 5.98 x 9.02 | © 2012

Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology


View all books from Nus Press Pte Ltd

Be the first to know

Get the latest updates on new releases, special offers, and media highlights when you subscribe to our email lists!

Sign up here for updates about the Press