ISBN:
1865087394
,
9781865087399
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 243 p)
,
ill., maps, ports
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Southeast Asia publications series
Parallel Title:
Print version Potent Dead : Ancestors, saints and heroes in contemporary Indonesia
DDC:
393.09598
Keywords:
Ancestor worship
;
Ethnology
;
Death
;
Dead
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
""Part title""; ""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 Witnessing the creation of ancestors in Laboya""; ""4 Reciprocity, death and the regeneration of life and plants in Nusa Penida""; ""5 Remembering our dead: the care of the ancestors in Tana Toraja""; ""6 Island of the Dead. Why do Bataks erect tugu?""
Description / Table of Contents:
""7 Modernising sacred sites in South Sumatra: Islamisation of Gumai ancestral places""""8 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 the 15th to the 17th century""; ""11 Interpreting the historical significant of tombs and chronicles in contemporary Java""; ""12 The role of a Javanese burial ground in local government""; ""13 'National ancestors': the ritual construction of nationhood""; ""Notes""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Bibliography""""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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