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Empire’s violent end : comparing Dutch, British, and French wars of decolo…
In Empire's Violent End, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis, along with expert contributors, present comparative research focused specifically on excessive violence in Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and other areas during the wars of decolonization. In the last two decades, there have been heated public and scholarly debates in France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherl…
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- 1
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- 9781501764165
- Collation
- 246p
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- -
- Call Number
- 325.309405 EMP b
Paths and rivers; Sa’dan Toraja Society in transformation
Fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period provided materials for this book. Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa’dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the past century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and th…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183079
- Collation
- x, 543p.: ill.
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- 305.89922 WAT p
Music of the Baduy people of western Java : singing is a medicine
Music of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing is a Medicine by Wim van Zanten is about music and dance of the indigenous group of the Baduy, consisting of about twelve-thousand people living in western Java. It covers music for rice rituals, for circumcisions and weddings, and music for entertainment. The book includes many photographs and several discussed audio-visual examples that can b…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789004444478
- Collation
- XXVII, 395 p.
- Series Title
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 313
- Call Number
- 781.6259824 VAN m
Uma politics: an ethnography of democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 198…
Democracy cannot be implemented overnight. Democratization is an often unpredictable process. This book concentrates on that political transformation in one of Indonesia’s most ‘traditional’ islands, Sumba. Why does democratization create such great opportunities for local politicians with their private agenda’s? Why does regional autonomy, as part of the national democratization progra…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183246
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- xviii, 277 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 320.95.986
Macassan history and heritage: journeys, encounters and influences
This book presents inter-disciplinary perspectives on the maritime journeys of the Macassan trepangers who sailed in fleets of wooden sailing vessels known as praus from the port city of Makassar in southern Sulawesi to the northern Australian coastline. These voyages date back to at least the 1700s and there is new evidence to suggest that the Macassan praus were visiting northern Australia ev…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922144973
- Collation
- vi, 238p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 303.482 CLA m
The state and illegality in Indonesia
The popular 1998 reformasi movement that brought down President Suharto’s regime demanded an end to illegal practices by state officials, from human rights abuse to nepotistic investments. Yet today, such practices have proven more resistant to reform than people had hoped. Many have said corruption in Indonesia is “entrenched”. We argue it is precisely this entrenched character that requ…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183710
- Collation
- xii, 328p.: ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 364.132309598 ASP s
From Laṅkā eastwards : the rāmāyaṇa in the literature
The Kakawin Ramayana, arguably the oldest Old Javanese epic text in Indic metres (circa 9th century AD), holds a unique position in the literary heritage of Indonesia. The poem has retained a remarkable vitality through the centuries in the Archipelago, inspiring many forms of artistic expression not only in the domain of literature but also in the visual and performing arts, from the reliefs o…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183840
- Collation
- XIV, 259 p.
- Series Title
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
- Call Number
- 294.5922 CRE l
Burials, texts and rituals : ethnoarchaeological investigations in north Bali…
The villages on Bali’s north-east coast have a long history. Archaeological finds have shown that the coastal settlements of Tejakula District enjoyed trading relations with India as long as 2000 years ago or more. Royal decrees dating from the 10th to the 12th century, inscribed on copper tablets and still preserved in the local villages as part of their religious heritage, bear witness to t…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783940344120
- Collation
- III, 298 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.095986 HAU b
Paths and rivers ; Sa’dan Toraja society in transformation
Fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period provided materials for this book. Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa’dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the past century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and th…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183079
- Collation
- xxxii, 510 p.
- Series Title
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
- Call Number
- 305.89922 WAT p
Master poets, ritual masters : the art of oral composition among the Rotenese…
This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760460068
- Collation
- xv, 444p. : ill
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- -
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- 398.2095987 FOX m
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