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After the ancestors : an anthropologist's story / by Andrew Beatty

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

1 online resource (xix, 372 pages)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-107-09478-9 (Print); 978-1-107-47740-7 (Print); 978-1-316-15105-1 (Online)

978-1-107-09478-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 949923713     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9781316151051

DS632.N52

*Nias ; Ethnologie      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Niasese (Indonesian people) -- Indonesia -- Nias Island -- Social life and customs ; Nias Island (Indonesia) -- Social conditions ; Nias Island (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs ; Niasese (Indonesian people) -- Indonesia -- Nias Island -- Social conditions ; Beatty, Andrew -- Travel -- Indonesia -- Nias Island

Beatty, Andrew ; Travel ; Indonesia ; Nias Island ; Niasese (Indonesian people) ; Indonesia ; Nias Island ; Social life and customs ; Niasese (Indonesian people) ; Indonesia ; Nias Island ; Social conditions ; Nias Island (Indonesia) ; Social life and customs ; Nias Island (Indonesia) ; Social conditions

Set on an isolated Indonesian island, this is the gripping true story of a fieldworker's experience of living in a tribal society during a period of crisis. Featuring a cast of unforgettable characters, After the Ancestors follows a bitter feud between rivals as it escalates into murder, intrigue and revenge. A vivid account of life within a radically different world, it also portrays a unique culture undergoing the transition from tribalism to modernity. A century of alien rule has left the island, once famous for its warrior ethos, with a hybrid culture. As the possibilities for heroic action recede, men raised to be orators and over-reachers rather than church elders and peasants find themselves occupying a stage too small for their personalities. 'Where can we turn', asks one tribesman, 'we who come after the ancestors?' A revenge tragedy for modern times, After the Ancestors will be enjoyed by anthropologists and general readers alike