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Ainu Creed and Cult

Neil Gordon Munro

出版	K. Paul International, 1996
主題	History / Asia / GeneralReligion / Comparative ReligionReligion / EasternSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian StudiesSocial Science / Regional Studies
ISBN	07103052069780710305206
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CCQqAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The first detailed account of the Ainu, the little-known aboriginal people of Japan, Neil Gordon Munro's classic work was based on decades of research in the first half of this century. Munro, a medical doctor who lived and worked in Japan for almost fifty years, studied the Ainu for years before finally going to live among them for the last twelve years of his life. Munro's object in writing Ainu Creed and Cult was not only to give an account of his close observation of this mysterious people and their customs, but also to demonstrate to the world at large and to the Japanese in particular that the Ainu had an independent culture worthy of respect and preservation. The author's unique insider's position among the Ainu enabled him to accurately describe their religious beliefs, homes, ceremonies, social organizations, arts, festivities, and funerary practices. Ainu Creed and Culture establishes the intricacy of the group's spiritual beliefs and ritual practices, a dominant force in their daily lives. Munro's work stands today as a fine example of the anthropological method, as a historical record of those decades at the beginning of the century when the old Ainu ways were still followed, and as an eloquent and timeless plea for the dignity and survival of a minority cultural group.