The Stranger-Kings of Sikka

The Stranger-Kings of Sikka is the first monographic study of an origin myth and history of an indigenous eastern Indonesian state and the first contemporary ethnography of the Ata Sikka of Flores.

Info autore

Born in Texas in 1947 and educated at Rice and Brown Universities, E. Douglas Lewis (PhD Australian National University) began his research on Sikka in 1977 and has been a university lecturer in Australia for many years. His publications on the peoples of the Regency of Sikka include People of the source: The social and ceremonial order of Tana Wai Brama on Flores (1988) and A celebration of origins (1994), a film about ritual in the Tana 'Ai region of Sikka that he co-produced with Timothy and Patsy Asch.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E Douglas Lewis, E. Douglas Lewis
• Editore: de Gruyter Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9789067183284
• ISBN: 978-90-6718-328-4
• Pagine: 464
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 239 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 748 g
• Serie: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninkl
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia