Expressions of Austronesian Thought and Emotions

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ANU Press, Apr 18, 2018 - Social Science - 199 pages

This collection of papers is the seventh volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. The papers in this volume focus on societies from Sumatra to Melanesia and examine the expression and patterning of Austronesian thought and emotions. 

 

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Expressions of Austronesian Thought and Emotions
James Fox
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About the author (2018)

Professor James J. Fox was educated at Harvard (AB ’62) and Oxford (B Litt. ’65, DPhil. ’68) where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught at various American Universities: Harvard, Cornell, Duke and Chicago and at various European Universities: Leiden, Bielefeld and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Professor Fox’s area of primary interest is Indonesia, with special focus on Java and eastern Indonesia. He has carried out considerable research in Timor, most recently in East Timor. More generally, his interests are in comparative issues affecting the whole of the Asia Pacific region. 

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TitleExpressions of Austronesian Thought and Emotions
Comparative Austronesian Series
AuthorJames J. Fox
PublisherANU Press, 2018
ISBN176046192X, 9781760461928
Length199 pages
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