Making a living between crises and ceremonies in Tana Toraja : : the practice of everyday life of a South Sulawesi highland community in Indonesia / / by Edwin de Jong.
The practice of everyday life in Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) is structured by a series of public events, of which funerals are the most important. Even after Indonesia was hit by an economic crisis in the late 1990s, thousands of extravagant funeral ceremonies, requiring huge expenditure...
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| Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde ; v. 284 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
284. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Edwin de Jong
- Crisis and Ceremonies: An Intriguing Paradox / Edwin de Jong
- Torajan Livelihoods: The Cultural Dynamics of Economic Life / Edwin de Jong
- The Larger Torajan World: Migrant Networks and Organizations / Edwin de Jong
- The Torajan Homeland / Edwin de Jong
- Contesting Political Power / Edwin de Jong
- Social Distinction and Ritual Performance / Edwin de Jong
- Income and Expenditure Patterns in a Changing Economy / Edwin de Jong
- Torajan Livelihood Styles / Edwin de Jong
- Living with the Dead / Edwin de Jong
- Appendix 1. Cluster Analysis / Edwin de Jong
- Appendix 2. Variables in the Cluster analysis for Palipu’ and Kondo’ / Edwin de Jong
- Appendix 3. Clusters of Households after Relocation Procedure / Edwin de Jong
- Appendix 4. Cluster Analysis of Palipu’ and Kondo’ / Edwin de Jong
- Glossary of Indonesian and Dutch Terms / Edwin de Jong
- Bibliography / Edwin de Jong
- Index / Edwin de Jong.