Concepts of Order in Southeast Asia and Micronesia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2106936
AutoresWilliam H Alkire (University of Victoria, autor de correspondencia)
Año1972
Volumen14
Número4
Páginas484-493
Fecha de publicación1972-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500006812
OpenAlexW2091352492
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

In this article a system of ordering space found among the people of the central and western Caroline Islands of Micronesia will be described, the fundamental concepts of which bear a striking resemblance to particular regulative principles found among various Southeast Asian peoples. If a genetic connection is accepted for these parallels the form taken by Southeast Asian cultures after contact with 'Hindu/Buddhist' peoples can be interpreted as a natural outgrowth of concepts already basic to these cultures before such contact. The ethnographic information presented here, therefore, is directed to the comparative analysis of the culture history of Southeast Asia and Oceania and should be viewed in conjunction with the recent work of linguists and archaeologists on this topic (e.g. Benedict, 1966, 1967; Grace, Solheim and Chang, 1964

Archaeology · Buddhism · Ethnography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Hinduism · Order (exchange) · Parallels · Sociology · Southeast asia · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy