Art As Politics - Re-crafting Identities, Tourism, And Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia

Informationen zum Autor Kathleen M. Adams is professor of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago and adjunct curator at the Field Museum of Natural History. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen M Adams, Kathleen M. Adams
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2006
• EAN: 9780824829995
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2999-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology