The Flow of Life : : Essays on Eastern Indonesia / / ed. by James J. Fox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Marie Jeanne,; Barnes, Robert H.,; Clamagirand, Brigitte,; Forman, Shepard,; Fox, James J.,; Francillon, Gérard,; Friedberg, Claudine,; Gordon, John L.,; Josselin de Jong, P. E. de,; Kana, N. L.,; Needham, Rodney,; Nordholt, H. G. Schulte,; Onvlee, L.,; Traube, Elizabeth,; Valeri, Valerio,
• TeilnehmendeR: Adams, Marie Jeanne.; Barnes, Robert H.; Clamagirand, Brigitte.; Forman, Shepard.; Fox, James J.; Francillon, Gérard.; Friedberg, Claudine.; Gordon, John L.; Kana, N. L.; Needham, Rodney.; Nordholt, H. G. Schulte.; Onvlee, L.; Traube, Elizabeth.; Valeri, Valerio.; de Jong, P. E. de Josselin.
• HerausgeberIn: Fox, James J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.) :; 15 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 3 maps, 3 tables

Indonesia east of Bali is perhaps the least known of all major cultural areas of Southeast Asia. Yet the anthropology of the region has long held a prominent place in the development of structuralist theories of marital exchange and symbolic classification. Falling in a distinguished lineage running from van Wouden to Lévi-Strauss to Rodney Needham, The Flow of Life presents a comprehensive set of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars, which provides both a full picture of this culturally rich area and an important extension of earlier structuralist theory. This volume is bound to become the standard source on the social anthropology of eastern Indonesia. But it is a work of more than regional significance, providing a variety of empirical resources to address the questions which lie at the bottom of much structuralist thought about mind and society: what is the nature of symbolic thought? how does consciousness intertwine with society and ecology? what is the difference between “primitive” and “modern” society?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Marriage, Alliance, and Exchange -- 1 Principles and Variations in the Structure of Sumbanese Society -- 2 The Marriage Nexus among the Manggarai of West Flores -- 3 Concordance, Structure, and Variation: Considerations of Alliance in Kédang -- 5 The Social Organization of the Erna of Timor -- 6 Descent, Alliance, and Exchange Ideology among the Makassae of East Timor -- 7 Notes on the Meaning of Marriage Prestations among the Huaulu of Seram -- Part Two. Systems of Social and Symbolic Classification -- 8 The Significance of Livestock on Sumba -- 9 Structural Aspects of East Sumbanese Art -- 10 The Order and Significance of the Savunese House -- 11 The Symbolic Classification of the Atoni of Timor -- 12 Incursions upon Wehali: A Modern History of an Ancient Empire -- 13 Boiled Woman and Broiled Man: Myths and Agricultural Rituals of the Bunaq of Central Timor -- 14 Mambai Rituals of Black and White -- Part Three. Eastern Indonesia as a Field of Ethnological Study -- 15 The Concept of the Field of Ethnological Study -- 16 Models and Metaphors: Comparative Research in Eastern Indonesia -- Notes -- References -- Index