Custodians of the Sacred Mountains : : Culture and Society in the Highlands of Bali / / Thomas A. Reuter.
Custodians of the Sacred Mountains is the first comprehensive ethnography of the Bali Aga, a large ethnic minority that occupies the island's central highlands. The Bali Aga are popularly viewed as the indigenous counterparts to other Balinese who trace their origin to invaders from the Javanes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Banua Ritual Domains and the Status Economy of Highland Bali
- 1. The Banua as a Category and a Social Process
- 2. Pura Pucak Penulisan: A Temple at the Tip of the World
- 3. Gebog Domas: The Congregation of Pura Penulisan
- 4. The Ritual Process of a Domain
- 5. Beneath and Beyond Penulisan: Three Related Domains
- 6. A Ritual Map of the Highlands
- 7. The Status Economy of Highland Bali: From the Banua to Smaller Spheres of Social Organization
- Part II: In the Shadow of Paradise: The Bali Aga and the Problem of Representation
- 8. Representation Beyond the Highlands: Preliminary Reflections
- 9. People of the Mountains and People from the Sea: A Balinese Model of Society
- 10. The Anthropological Coproduction of the Bali Aga: A Mirror of Changing Relations
- 11. Representation and Society: A Bali Aga Perspective
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author