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Never before has the Dayak culture been described from the inside, by an indigenous woman born and raised in the rainforest listening to the stories and legends of her tribe, who are famous as the "head- hunters of Borneo." In this vivid memoir - that speaks to readers everywhere about the powerful effects of change - Riska tells us what it means to move in one's lifetime from a rainforest culture to the modern world.
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"An autobiography that gives an in-depth portrayal of one life, with both its idiosyncrasies and its reflection of the culture from which the individual comes - all from the insider's perspective. "Riska: Memoirs of a Dayak Girlhood represents the first published account of a Dayak woman's life -- and successfully seduces readers, unfamiliar with life in Borneo, along an intimate path that introduces them to some of the wonders of life in that forest land."-- Anthropologist Carol J. Pierce Colfer, from her afterword. Books by Western Specialists tell us that the "headhunters of Borneo" excel in certain arts, make the best blow darts in the world and practice a religion that still involves of...
Covers cases decided 1901-1913.
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