| Ethnographic Notes on the Mru and Khumi of the Chittagong and Arakan Hill Tracts: A Contribution to Our Knowledge of South and Southeast Asian Indigen Contributor(s): Löffler, Lorenz G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674066863 ISBN-13: 9780674066861 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Series: Harvard Oriental |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 7" W x 10.1" (3.50 lbs) 690 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a "thick" description and interpretation of the ethnography of the Mru and Khumi, who live in the Chittagong/Arakan Hills straddling Bangladesh, India, and Burma. They are Tibeto-Burmese speaking horticulturalists practicing swidden agriculture. The work is the outcome of several periods of fieldwork dating back to 1955-1957, 1964, and 1990. Lorenz G. L ffler describes in great detail the material and spiritual culture of these populations: from dwellings and implements to life cycle and social structure, from folklore to religious rituals. All the important local terms are given in Mru and English. The book includes a number of Mru texts along with their translations. It is illustrated by nearly a hundred color photographs and some thirty drawings and designs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Loffler, Lorenz G.: - Lorenz G. Löffler is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Zurich. |