People of Bali

Informationen zum Autor Angela Hobart has a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and is currently a lecturer at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. She is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department, University College, London. She is the author of Dancing Shadows of Bali (1987). Urs Ramseyer studied cultural anthropology, sociology and musicology in Basle and Paris. He is the head of the South-East Asian Department at the Basle Museum of Ethnology. His previous books include The Art and Culture of Bali (1977). Albert Leemann studied at the University of Zurich and the Alliance française in Paris. He is Emeritus Professor of Social and Environmental Geography at the University of Zürich. Klappentext This study provides insight to the history and culture of the people of Bali, from prehistoric times to the present. Zusammenfassung This is a historical and anthropological study of the people of Bali. Separate chapters are devoted to describing the island's geography, the history of the Balinese people, the social order, economy, religion and rituals, myth and the performing arts, and the unusual use of mystic power and magic. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates. List of Figures. List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Note about the Authors. 1. The Land and its People. 2. Pre-colonial Bali. 3. Agriculture, Crafts and Spheres of Exchange. 4. Social Organization. 5. Religion and Beliefs in Practice. 6. Myth and Tradition. 7. The Persuasive Artistry of the Healer. 8. The Process of Modernization. Notes. References. Index.

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• Authors: a Hobart, Angel Hobart, Angela Hobart, Angela (Goldsmiths'' College Hobart, Angela Ramseyer Hobart, Hobart Angela, Albert Leemann, Leemann Albert, Ur Ramseyer, Urs Ramseyer, Ramseyer Urs
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2001
• EAN: 9780631227410
• ISBN: 978-0-631-22741-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Peoples of Southeast Asia and the Pacific; The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific; Peoples of Southeast Asia & th; The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Anthropologie, Geschichte, Bali, History, Anthropology, Geschichte / Asien u. Australasien, Asian & Australasian History, Historical & Regional Anthropology, Historische u. regionale Anthropologie