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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hollan, Douglas Wood. Thread of life. Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c1996 (OCoLC)604633714 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas Wood Hollan; Jane C Wellenkamp |
| ISBN: | 0824817710 9780824817718 0824818393 9780824818395 |
| OCLC Number: | 34604265 |
| Description: | xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. Introduction. Studies of the Life Cycle in Insular Southeast Asia. A Brief Overview of Toraja History, Culture, and Society. The Interview Situation. The Respondents. Notes on Translations and Style -- Ch. 2. Birth, Infancy, and Early Childhood. Central Events of Birth and Early Childhood. Earliest Memories. Play. Demanding and Defiant Behavior. Household Work and Sibling Care. Running Away -- Ch. 3. Later Childhood and Adolescence. Herding Water Buffalo. The "Theft" of Food. Bitter Aspects of the Herding Experience. Early Adolescence: Sex and Coming of Age. Ma'baruk: Scarification of the Forearm. Ear Piercing among Girls. Ma'tille: Supercision of Boys. Ma'kiri': Tooth Filing. Adolescence and Courtship. Men's Perspectives. Women's Perspectives. School Experiences. Ventures outside the Village -- Ch. 4. Marriage and Parenting. Finding a Spouse. Forming a Household. Rights and Responsibilities in Marriage. The Ideal Spouse. Deviations from the Ideal. |
| Responsibility: | Douglas W. Hollan and Jane C. Wellenkamp. |
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