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Christian Pelras - The Bugis - 9780631172314 - V9780631172314
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The Bugis

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Description for The Bugis Hardback. aeo The first account in English of this ancient people. aeo Of interest to anthropologists, historians, geographers and orientalists. aeo Based on over 30 years of first--hand research. aeo The first account in English of this ancient people. aeo Of interest to anthropologists, historians, geographers and orientalists. Series: Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 808.

The Bugis, who number about three million, live for the most part in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi: they are among the most fascinating peoples of maritime Southeast Asia, and the least known. Their image in legend and modern fiction is of bold navigators, fierce pirates and cruel slave traders, but most are in fact farmers, planters and fishermen. Although they are an Islamic people, they maintain such pre-Islamic relics as transvestite pagan priests and shamans. Their colorful nobility claims descent from the ancient gods, yet owes its power to social consensus.

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The author reveals the brilliance of Bugis civilization in all its exotic and extraordinary manifestations, and its survival through Dutch colonization, Japanese invasion and the incursions of modernity. This is a work of outstanding scholarship, interest and originality.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631172314
SKU
V9780631172314
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Christian Pelras
Christian Pelras is currently Director of Research at the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS). He trained as an anthropologist at the Sorbonne and at the Musée de L'Homme in Paris. During the past twenty-eight years he has studied numerous aspects of Bugis History, society, culture, religion and literature.

Reviews for The Bugis
"The book would make an excellent text for undergraduate courses on the history and cultures of Insular Southeast Asia." Crossroads

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