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The anthropological romance of Bali, 1597-1972 : dynamic perspectives in marriage and caste, politics, and religion / James A. Boon.

Author(s): Boon, James A.

The anthropological romance of Bali, 1597-1972 : dynamic perspectives in marriage and caste, politics, and religion / James A. Boon.
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The anthropological romance of Bali, 1597-1972 : dynamic perspectives in marriage and caste, politics, and religion
Author(s)
Boon, James A.
Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Collation
xi, 259 p. : ill.
24 cm.
Series Title
Cambridge studies in cultural systems
ISBN
0521213983
Dewey Class
301.295986
Contents
Preface -- Map of Bali -- Introduction: Beyond epic -- Part I. Temporal Perspectives: 1. Bali-tje: a discursive history of the earlier ethnology (post 1597) -- 2. Balipedia: concerted documentation (1880s-1920s) -- 3. Baliology: twentieth-century systems (1920s-1950s) -- 4. Bali now: an indigenous retrospect (pre-1906 to post-1971) -- Part II. Social and Cultural Dynamics: 5. The social matrix in place -- 6. The meaning of marriage and descent -- 7. Caste in retroflexion -- 8. Situational hierarchy -- 9. Images in action -- Conclusion: the end of romance? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language
English
Subject
Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs.
Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Bali Island.
BRN
5365
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