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

Author/creator Adams, Kathleen M., 1957-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Toraja (Indonesian people)--Social life and customs.
Toraja (Indonesian people)--Ethnic identity.
Wood-carving, Toraja--Indonesia --Celebes.
Architecture, Toraja--Indonesia --Celebes.
Culture and tourism--Indonesia --Celebes.
Sulawesi (Indonesia)--Ethnic relations.
Sulawesi (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
Series Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, and memory
Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory. ^A611832
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
LCCN 2006008332
ISBN0824829999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0824830725 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780824829995
ISBN9780824830724

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