The Thread of Life: Toraja Reflections on the Life Cycle 9780824865108
"This is an enjoyably readable and generally illuminating look at the more intimate side of Toraja life and relatio
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English Pages 256 [255] Year 1996
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
30 Chapter 2. Birth, Infancy, and Early Childhood
Chapter 3. Later Childhood and Adolescence
Chapter 4. Marriage and Parenting
Chapter 5. Adulthood, Aging, and Death
Chapter 6. The Cycle of Life in Toraja
Appendix 1: Checklist of Open Interview Topics
Appendix 2: Respondents
Notes
Glossary
References
INDEX
About the Authors
