Potent dead [electronic resource] : ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia.
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Potent dead [electronic resource] : ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia.
Potent dead [electronic resource] : ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia.
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Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2002.
Date
2002.
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (269 p.)
Contents
Title page; Contents; Maps and illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Castrated dead: the making of un-ancestors among the Aoheng, and some considerations on death and ancestors in Borneo; 2 How to hold a tiwah: the potency of the dead and deathways among Ngaju Dayaks; 3 Witne...
7 Modernising sacred sites in South Sumatra: Islamisation of Gumai ancestral places8 Ancestors' blood: genealogical memory, genealogical amnesia and hierarchy among the Bugis; 9 Saints and ancestors: the cult of muslim saints in Java; 10 The Tembayat hill: clergy and royal power in Central Java from...
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Publisher
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2002.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2002.
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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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A collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history and anthropology examining the death practices and rituals of Indonesian tribal groups in the context of ongoing changes is Islam.
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Potent dead [electronic resource] : ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia.
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74VvxrNxMNLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxrNxMNLd
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ISBN
9781741154061
DDC
291.213 393.09598
MMS ID
991016781969702626
