Unity in Diversity : : Indonesia as a Field of Anthropological Study / / edited by P.E. de Josselin de Jong.

• Superior document: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 103
• TeilnehmendeR: Jong, P.E. de Josselin de,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1984.
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 103.; VKI Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This collective volume contains papers and comments on these papers from an international symposium on "Indonesia as a Field of Anthropological Study" held in Leiden, 22-26 November 1982. The following contributions are listed: P.E. de Josselin de Jong , "A field of anthropological study in transformation" (with comments by G.B. Milner) / Robert Blust , "Indonesia as a 'Field of Linguistic Study'" / A. Teeuw , "Indonesia as a 'Field of Literary Study'. A case study: genealogical narrative texts as an Indonesian literary genre" (with comments by Els Postel) / Sandra Niessen , "Textiles are female... but what is femaleness? Toba Batak textiles in the Indonesian field of ethnological study" (with comments by Wolfgang Marschall) / David S. Moyer , "South Sumatra in the Indonesian Field of Anthropological Study" (with comments by C.W. Watson) / J.J.J.M. Wuisman , "The Rejang and the Field of Anthropological study concept" (with comments by William D. Wilder) / Peter J.M. Nas , "Settlements as symbols: The Indonesian town as a Field of Anthropological Study" / Hans-Dieter Evers , "Cities as a 'Field of Anthropological Studies' in South-East Asia" / R. Hagesteijn , "Continental Southeast Asian political myths compared" / J.D.M. Platenkamp , "The Tobelo of Eastern Halmahera in the context of the Field of Anthropological study" (with comments by Cécile Barraud) / L.E. Visser , "Who are the Sahu and what do they belong to?" (with comments by E.K.M. Masinambow) / Rodney Needham , "The transformation of prescriptive systems in Eastern Indonesia" / P.E. de Josselin de Jong , "Summary and conclusions".

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Editor: P.E. De Josselin De Jong -- Foreword / Editor: P.E. De Josselin De Jong -- Chapter I A Field of Anthropological Study in Transformation / P.E. de Josselin de Jong -- Chapter II Indonesia as a "Field of Linguistic Study" / Robert Blust -- Chapter III Indonesia as a "Field of Literary Study". A Case Study: Genealogical Narrative Texts as an Indonesian Literary Genre / A. Teeuw -- Chapter IV Textiles are Female ... but what is Femaleness? Toba Batak Textiles in the Indonesian Field of Ethnological Study / Sandra Niessen -- Chapter V South Sumatra in the Indonesian Field of Anthropological Study / David S. Moyer -- Chapter VI The Rejang and the Field of Anthropological Study Concept / J.J.J.M. Wuisman -- Chapter VII Settlements as Symbols: The Indonesian Town as a Field of Anthropological Study / Peter J.M. Nas -- Chapter VIII Continental Southeast Asian Political Myths Compared / R. Hagesteijn -- Chapter IX The Tobelo of Eastern Halmahera in the Context of the Field of Anthropological Study / J.D.M. Platenkamp -- Chapter X Who are the Sahu and What Do They Belong To? / L.E. Visser. -- Chapter XI The Transformation of Prescriptive Systems in Eastern Indonesia / Rodney Needham -- Chapter XII Summary and Conclusions / P.E. de Josselin de Jong -- Index / Editor: P.E. De Josselin De Jong -- Glossary / Editor: P.E. De Josselin De Jong -- Information on Participants / Editor: P.E. De Josselin De Jong.