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Landscape of Peace
Kerstin J. S. Werle
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Description for Landscape of Peace
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Kerstin Werle’s work is based upon a year of fieldwork on Lamotrek and Yap, belonging to a group of islands with a matrilineal culture. Although a trend to the lifestyle of the Western world can be found everywhere on the islands, traditional customs, a gendered division of labour and subsistence techniques prevail. Kerstin Werle carried out her research according to classical anthropological methods, supplementing the available specialist literature on the widespread Micronesian atolls with a valuable overview. Her book shows how the ideal of an old and wise woman, contained in the cultural symbol lavalava, is faced with a young ... Read more
Kerstin Werle’s work is based upon a year of fieldwork on Lamotrek and Yap, belonging to a group of islands with a matrilineal culture. Although a trend to the lifestyle of the Western world can be found everywhere on the islands, traditional customs, a gendered division of labour and subsistence techniques prevail. Kerstin Werle carried out her research according to classical anthropological methods, supplementing the available specialist literature on the widespread Micronesian atolls with a valuable overview. Her book shows how the ideal of an old and wise woman, contained in the cultural symbol lavalava, is faced with a young ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658058319
SKU
V9783658058319
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About Kerstin J. S. Werle
Kerstin Werle has studied sociology and cultural anthropology with a focus on India and Micronesia. Currently, she is living in Breisach and working as a freelance writer.
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