Potent Landscapes : : Place and Mobility in Eastern Indonesia / / Catherine Allerton; ed. by Rita Smith Kipp, David P. Chandler.
The Manggarai people of eastern Indonesia believe their land can talk, that its appetite demands sacrificial ritual, and that its energy can kill as well as nurture. They tell their children to avoid certain streams and fields and view unusual environmental events as omens of misfortune. Yet, far fr...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 20 illus. |
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