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Author Elkholy, Ramsey, author.

Title Being and becoming : embodiment and experience among the Orang Rimba of Sumatra / Ramsey Elkholy
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2016
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Contents Into the field : the Orang Rimba at Sungai Gelumpang -- Sociality and the negotiation of self and other -- Tactility -- Forest, village and the significance of -- A journey to Kemumu -- Hunting -- Becoming in the forest -- Shamanism and the textures of the universe -- Melangun
Summary For the Orang Rimba of Sumatra ' and tropical foragers in general ' life in the forest engenders a kind of 'connectedness' that is contingent not only on harmonious relations between people, but also between people and the non-human environment, including those supernatural agencies of the forest that people depend on for their spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Exploring this world, anthropologist Ramsey Elkholy treats embodied action and perception as the basis of shared experience and shows how various forms of embodied experience constitute the very foundations of human culture. In a unique methodological contribution, Elkholy adopts a set of body-centered approaches that reflect and capture the day-to-day, moment-to-moment ways in which people engage with the world. Being and Becoming is an important contribution to phenomenological anthropology, hunter-gatherer studies, and to Southeast Asian ethnography more generally
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 13, 2016)
Subject Kubu (Indonesian people) -- Social life and customs
Kubu (Indonesian people) -- Religion
Phenomenological anthropology -- Indonesia -- Sumatra
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Kubu (Indonesian people) -- Religion
Kubu (Indonesian people) -- Social life and customs
Phenomenological anthropology
Indonesia -- Sumatra
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781785331602
1785331604