Sellato, Bernard. Innermost Borneo: Studies in Dayak Cultures.(Book Review)

From: Asian Folklore Studies | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

SELLATO, BERNARD. Innermost Borneo: Studies in Dayak Cultures. Paris: SevenOrients/Singapore: Singapore University Press. 221 pages. Maps, tables, b/w photographs, references. Paper 24.00 [euro]/S$42.00; ISBN 2-914936-02-8.

Bernard Sellato, the author of this book, is Director of the Institute for Research on Southeast Asia (IRSEA), University of Provence; a member of CNRS, the French National Science Research Center, and editor of the Southeast Asian studies journal Moussons. As he tells us in his introduction to Innermost Borneo, he first came to the island in 1973. At the ...

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