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Making Blood White : Historical Transformations in Early Modern Makassar /

In this study of early modern Makassar in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, William Cummings traces the social, cultural, and political significance of the transition from oral to literate culture in one region of Indonesia. He examines "history-making"--the ways in which the past i...

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Autor principal: Cummings, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2002]
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • A NOTE ON MAKASSARESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION
  • Introduction Making a History of Early Modern Makassar
  • Part I. History-Making
  • 1. Early Modern Makassar and Its Contexts
  • 2. Culture and History-Making
  • 3 .Transformations in Makassarese Perceptions of the Past
  • Part II. Making History
  • 4. Historical Literacy and Social Hierarchicalization
  • 5 . Historical Literacy and Gowa as the Center of Makassar
  • 6 . Historical Literacy and Makassarese Culture
  • Conclusion The Force of History
  • APPENDIX EARLY MODERN RULERS OF GOWA AND TALLOQ
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX