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A novel about eccentric 19th-century Englishman Alexander Hare: a trader and slave-owner in the East and a friend of Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, but Hare's chief claim to fame is as the creator of a harem of women from throughout Asia.
We live lives full of daily frustration, haunted by our pasts and unfulfilled hopes. We are told that only therapy offers us salvation through closure. Or is it better to seek revenge? There are professionals who can help us avenge life's insults. Don't get mad get even!
When local contacts tipped off Nigel Barley that the Dowayo circumcision ceremony was about to take place, he immediately left London for the village in northern Cameroon where he had lived as a field anthropologist for 18 months.
Not many western schoolgirls have grown up to become revolutionary heroes of distant, eastern nations but Muriel Stewart Walker did just that. Known as 'Surabaya Sue', she joined in the struggle for Indonesian independence after WWII and smuggled arms, and probably drugs, to help finance the new Republic and experienced bloody battle in the British attack on Surabaya. An intimate of the revolutionary leaders she lived to see Indonesia finally achieve independence.
In 1985, Dr Nigel Barley taught himself Indonesian and set off for the relatively unknown island of Sulawesi. Here he hoped to find unsullied cultures to study and unspoilt natives to investigate. he soon found plenty to wonder at and plenty to admire among the Toraja.
From its unique perspective and with a mixture of humour and romance, The Devil's Garden pictures a formative moment in the emergence of Singapore, where loyalties are less secure than those of the official histories and truth is anything but simple.
Many men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter Spies did more than dream. He actually did it. In the 1920s and 30s, Walter Spies - ethnographer, choreographer, film maker, natural historian and painter - transformed the perception of Bali from that of a remote island to become the site for Western fantasies about Paradise and it underwent an influx of foreign visitors. The rich and famous flocked to Spies' house in Ubud and his life and work forged a link between serious academics and the visionaries from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin, Noel Coward, Miguel Covarrubias, Vicki Baum, Barbara Hutton and many others sought to experience the vision Spies offered while Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, the foremost anthropologists of their day, attempted to capture the secret of this tantalizing and enigmatic culture. Island of Demons is a fascinating historical novel, mixing anthropology, the history of ideas and humour. It offers a unique insight into that complex and multi-hued world that was so soon to be swept away, exploring both its ideas and the larger than life characters that inhabited it.
Focusing on the rich symbolic universe of the Dowayos in north Cameroon, this detailed study explores their cultural practices, beliefs, and social structures. It delves into the meanings behind their rituals and symbols, offering insights into how these elements shape their identity and worldview. Through comprehensive analysis, the book provides an in-depth understanding of the Dowayo people's unique cultural heritage and the significance of their symbolic expressions in everyday life.
A wonderful piece of swashbuckling historical biography which recalls the best and the worst of the British Imperial character. schovat popis
Seit die Aids-Epidemie um sich greift, kommt dem gesundheitspolitischen Auftrag der Aufklärung eine äusserst dramatische Bedeutung zu. In vielen Ländern hat das Plakat als Informationsmedium erst durch Aids Verbreitung gefunden, so das zunächst visuelle Formeln zu einer Thematik entwickelt werden mussten, die mit vielen Tabus behaftet ist. Eine Übersicht von aktuellen Aids-Präventionsplakaten aus Asien, dem Pazifikraum und Afrika zeigt auf, dass die zwingend erforderliche Wirksamkeit der Plakate nach einer Verankerung in lokalen Traditionen verlangt. Aids hat das so das Plakat wieder auf seine fundamentale Bedeutung als Massenkommunikationsmittel zurückgeführt.