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Author Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016

Title Balinese worlds / Fredrik Barth.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.0959 B284B    Check Shelf
Description x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-363) and index.
Contents Pt. 1. The Challenge of North Bali. 1. A Luminous Mosaic -- Pt. 2. Features of Social Organization in North Balinese Communities. 2. Prabakula: A Bali-Hindu Village. 3. Pagatepan: A Muslim Balinese Village. 4. Irrigation Associations and the Organization of Production. 5. Further Variations in Village Organization. 6. The Problem of Variation -- Pt. 3. Realities and Practical Concerns of Village Living. 7. Leadership, Faction, and Violence in Pagatepan. 8. Family, Marriage, and Making a Living in Pagatepan. 9. Factionalism in Prabakula. 10. A General Framework for Analyzing the Meaning of Acts -- Pt. 4. Major Traditions of Knowledge. 11. Islam in North Bali. 12. Bali-Hinduism as a Tradition of Knowledge. 13. Kings, Courts, Castes, and the Bali Aga. 14. The Modern Sector. 15. A Sorcery View of Social Relations -- Pt. 5. Action, Interpretation, and Practice. 16. The Romance of Panji and Asiah. 17. So Many Concerns. 18. Coherence, Hegemony, and Productivity in Knowledge.
19. Love, Freedom, and the Multivalency of Public Symbols -- Pt. 6. The Complexity of Civilization. 20. A Surfeit of Culture.
Subject Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Bali (Indonesia : Province) -- Social life and customs.
Religion and culture -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Indexed Term Culture
Bali (Indonesia)
ISBN 0226038335 cloth alkaline paper
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