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And the sun pursued the moon : symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar /

Over the course of a thousand years, from 600 to 1600 CE, the Java Sea was dominated by a ring of maritime kingdoms whose rulers engaged in long-distance raiding, trading, and marriage alliances with one another. And the Sun Pursued the Moon explores the economic, political, and symbolic processes b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibson, Thomas, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to south Sulawesi
  • Toward an anthropology of symbolic knowledge
  • Androgynous origins : traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea
  • Incestuous twins and magical boats : traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone
  • Noble transgression and shipwreck : traces of Luwu' in Bira
  • The sea prince and the bamboo maiden : traces of Majapahit in south Sulawesi
  • The sea king and the emperor : the gunpowder state of Gowa-Tallo'
  • The power of the regalia : royal rebellion against the Voc
  • The return of the kings : the royal ancestors under colonial rule
  • Knowledge, power, and traditional authority.