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Art as Politics: Re-Crafting Identities, Tourism, and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory (Paperback))
Kathleen M. Adams
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Paperback. Explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book offers a portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's most populous Muslim country. It illustrates how art can serve as a catalyst in identity politics. Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 illustrations, 15 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; ACBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Art as Politics explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research from the 1980s to the present, the book offers a nuanced portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's most populous Muslim country. Celebrated in anthropological and tourism literatures for their spectacular traditional houses, sculpted effigies of the dead, and pageantry-filled funeral rituals, the Toraja have entered an era of accelerated engagement with the global economy marked by on-going struggles over identity, religion, and social relations. In her engaging account, Kathleen Adams chronicles how various ... Read more
Art as Politics explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research from the 1980s to the present, the book offers a nuanced portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's most populous Muslim country. Celebrated in anthropological and tourism literatures for their spectacular traditional houses, sculpted effigies of the dead, and pageantry-filled funeral rituals, the Toraja have entered an era of accelerated engagement with the global economy marked by on-going struggles over identity, religion, and social relations. In her engaging account, Kathleen Adams chronicles how various ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Series
Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824830724
SKU
V9780824830724
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About Kathleen M. Adams
Kathleen M. Adams is associate professor of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago and adjunct curator at the Field Museum of Natural History.
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