The life of a Balinese temple : artistry, imagination, and history in a peasant village / Hildred Ge...
The life of a Balinese temple : artistry, imagination, and history in a peasant village / Hildred Ge...
The life of a Balinese temple : artistry, imagination, and history in a peasant village / Hildred Geertz ; illustrations by Sandra Vitzthum.
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2004.
Call Numbers
NQ306.69453/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. A temple and an anthropologist -- 2. Those who carry the temple on their heads -- 3. The purposes of Pura Desa Batuan -- 4. The age of the Balinese rajas (before 1908) -- 5. The age of the Dutch rajas (1908-1942) -- 6. Forms, meanings, and pleasures -- 7. The age of the last of Dutch rajas (1948-...
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2004.
Place of Publication
Hawaii
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, The Life of a Balinese Temple is a record of a complex communal achievement. Based on continued on-site study over a twenty-year period, it is a contribution to Bali studies and the anthropology of art that will also find an appreciative audience among students of religion, art historians, and thos...
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The life of a Balinese temple : artistry, imagination, and history in a peasant village / Hildred Geertz ; illustrations by Sandra Vitzthum.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ306.69453/1
Record Identifier
74VKwrVylvey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwrVylvey
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ISBN
0824825330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780824825331 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
306.694535
306.694535095986
MMS ID
991018376869702626
