Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines.
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A 1978 issue of the interdisciplinary journal Archipel cites recent examples of the Western habit of representing Indonesia by simplified extremes: whether images of its most famous tourists' paradise or reports about its most notorious hellhole for political prisoners. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethnological ideas, ethnological discourse, widow immolation, ancestor groups, twins times, shadow theater Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Indies, Indian Archipelago, Parisada Hindu Dharma, Southeast Asia, Stamford Raffles, John Crawfurd, Charles Hose, Crawfurd's History, Josselin de Jong, Middle Ages, Kenneth Burke, New World, The Malay Archipelago, Bali Aga, Eka Dasa Rudra, Great Chain of Being, Old Javanese, High Balinese, Hindu Bali, Sir James Brooke, South Asia, Walter Scott New!
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A 1978 issue of the interdisciplinary journal Archipel cites recent examples of the Western habit of representing Indonesia by simplified extremes: whether images of its most famous tourists' paradise or reports about its most notorious hellhole for political prisoners. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethnological ideas, ethnological discourse, widow immolation, ancestor groups, twins times, shadow theater Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Indies, Indian Archipelago, Parisada Hindu Dharma, Southeast Asia, Stamford Raffles, John Crawfurd, Charles Hose, Crawfurd's History, Josselin de Jong, Middle Ages, Kenneth Burke, New World, The Malay Archipelago, Bali Aga, Eka Dasa Rudra, Great Chain of Being, Old Javanese, High Balinese, Hindu Bali, Sir James Brooke, South Asia, Walter Scott New!
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