Art as politics : re-crafting identities, tourism, and power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia /

Art as Politics explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research from the 1980s to the present, the book offers a nuanced portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, Kathleen M., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2006.
Series:Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
Subjects:
Toraja (Indonesian people) > Social life and customs.
Toraja (Indonesian people) > Ethnic identity.
Wood-carving, Toraja > Indonesia > Sulawesi.
Architecture, Toraja > Indonesia > Sulawesi.
Culture and tourism > Indonesia > Sulawesi.
Toradja (Peuple d'Indonésie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Toradja (Peuple d'Indonésie) > Identité ethnique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Architecture, Toraja
Culture and tourism
Ethnic relations
Manners and customs
Toraja (Indonesian people) > Social life and customs
Wood-carving, Toraja
Brauch
Tourismus
Toradja's.
Culturele identiteit.
Gebruiken.
Volkscultuur.
Sulawesi (Indonesia) > Ethnic relations.
Sulawesi (Indonesia) > Social life and customs.
Célèbes (Indonésie) > Relations interethniques.
Célèbes (Indonésie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Indonesia > Sulawesi.
Tana Toraja
Sulawesi Selatan.
Toradja.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Carvings, Christianity, and CHiPs
  • Competing Toraja images of identity
  • The carved tongkonan
  • Mortuary effigies and identity politics
  • Ceremonials, monumental displays, and museumification
  • Toraja icons on the national and transnational stage
  • Carving new conceptions of community in an era of religious and ethnic violence
  • From Toraja heritage to world heritage.

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