ISBN:
019509557X
,
0195095588
,
9780195095586
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 178 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Lukens-Bull, Ronald A. [Rezension von: Schiller, Anne, Small Sacrifices: Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia] 1998
Parallel Title:
Print version Small Sacrifices : Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia
DDC:
299.92
Keywords:
Ngaju (Indonesian people) Religion
;
Indonesia ; Social life and customs
;
Ngaju (Indonesian people) ; Religion
;
Electronic books
;
Indonesia Social life and customs
Abstract:
This ethnographic study shows how the Ngaju Dyaks, rain forest dwellers of Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) are responding to modernity. It depicts how they are attempting to fashion a modern identity for themselves, especially by remodelling their indigenous religion
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Death Begins; 3 Journey to the Village of Souls; 4 Order and Anti-Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds; 5 Hindu Kaharingan in the New Order; 6 Religions and Identities; 7 Epilogue: Basir Muka and Religious Reformulations 147; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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