Contentment and Suffering - Culture and Experience in Toraja

Contentment and Suffering, a psychocultural ethnography of the Toraja wet-rice farmers of Indonesia, provides a rich portrait of Torajan life and contributes to debates on the relationship between culture and individual psychology.
Hollan and Wellenkamp describe the central aspects of Torajan personal experience -emotion, identity, and sense of self- and a variety of fascinating cultural practices, including possession trance, kickfights, elaborate mortuary customs, dream interpretation, and buffalo sacrifice.
Presenting exceptionally detailed ethnographic data through a person-centered perspective and extensive use of open-ended interviews, Contentment and Suffering engagingly expresses how the Toraja understand their lives.

About the author

Douglas W. Hollan and Jane C. Wellenkamp

Summary

This psychocultural ethnography of the Toraja wet-rice farmers of Indonesia provides a rich portrait of Torajan life and contributes to debates on the relationship between culture and individual psychology.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Hollan, Douglas W. Hollan, Douglas W. Wellenkamp Hollan, Douglas Wood Hollan, Jane Wellenkamp, Jane C. Wellenkamp
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.1993
• EAN: 9780231084239
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08423-9
• No. of pages: 313
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Indonesia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies