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Potent Landscapes - Place and Mobility in Eastern Indonesia

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext An ethnographic investigation of the power of the landscape and the implications of that power for human needs, behaviour, and emotions. Based on two years of fieldwork in rural Flores, the book situates Manggarai place-making and mobility within the larger contexts of diverse human-environment interactions as well as adat revival in postcolonial Indonesia. The work engages with broad theoretical discussions of landscape, travel, materiality, cultural politics, kinship, and animism. Zusammenfassung This is an ethnographic investigation of the power of the landscape in eastern Indonesia and its implications for human needs! behavior! and emotions. The book describes the intense! personal connections between Manggarai individuals and certain places a

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Authors Catherine Allerton
Assisted by David P Chandler (Editor), David P. Chandler (Editor), Rita Smith Kipp (Editor)
Publisher University of hawaii press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.05.2013
 
EAN 9780824838003
ISBN 978-0-8248-3800-3
No. of pages 248
Series Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean
Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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