The Land of Gold : Post-Conflict Recovery and Cultural Revival in Independent Timor-Leste /

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"In the village of Funar, located in the central highlands of Timor-Leste, the disturbing events of the twenty-four-year-long Indonesian occupation are rarely articulated in narratives of suffering. Instead, the highlanders emphasize the significance of their return to the sacred land of the an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bovensiepen, Judith M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Ländlicher Raum
Boden > Motiv
Ahnenkult
Rites and ceremonies.
Anthropology.
Manners and customs.
Rural conditions.
Social conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
Rites et ceremonies > Timor oriental.
Anthropologie > Timor oriental.
Rites and ceremonies > Timor-Leste.
Anthropology > Timor-Leste.
Osttimor
Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste > Rural conditions > 21st century.
Timor-Leste > Social conditions > 21st century.
Timor-Leste > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the land of gold
  • Sacred origins of life
  • Concealing trunk knowledge
  • The hazards of house reconstruction
  • On the pain of separation
  • Keeping the dead away
  • Fear of the land
  • Epilogue : not ancestor, not not-ancestor
  • Glossary : Idate words and acronyms.

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