Miguel Covarrubias

Island of Bali

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Produktbeschreibung

Considered the most authoritative text on Bali and its people

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Original edition
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 133mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780794605629
• ISBN-10: 0794605621
• Artikelnr.: 23568421

Autorenporträt

Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) was born in Mexico City and was an author, painter, caricaturist, and professor of art history at the National School of Anthropology in Mexico City. Adrian Vickers was born in Tasmania, New South Wales, in 1958 and moved to Sydney to undertake a degree at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a BA (Hons) in 1980 and a Ph.D. in 1987. His Ph.D. thesis, undertaken in the Indonesian and Malayan Studies Department, involved extensive research in Bali, Jakarta, the Netherlands and the USA. Vickers has taught Indonesian history, language and culture at the University of Sydney and for the Workers' Education Association, and written many articles on Balinese art, literature and history. He is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: the island; the people - the ancient survival - the Bali Aga
the history of Bali
the Dutch
the Lombok War
conquest of South Bali; the community - the village
the market
the social order
etiquette
language
castes
the organization of the village
the Bandjar
law and justice
the courts; rice
work and wealth - the Subak
rice culture
distribution of labour
the economic order; everyday life in Bali - the house
Balinese cooking
costume and adornment; the family - childbirth
the life of children
adolescence
the love life of the Balinese
marriage; art and the artist - the place of the artist in Balinese life
development of Balinese art
old Hindu Balinese art
the period of Madjapahit
the plastic arts of modern Bali - sculpture
architecture
painting
crafts; the drama - music
village orchestras
Balinese music and instruments
the dance
the Legong
the Baris
the Kebiyar
the shadow play
the classic drama
kings and warriors
the Topeng
the Ardja. Part 2: rites and festivals - society and religion
temples and feasts
gods
demons
offerings and exorcisms
the calendar
the high priests and Brahmanic ritual; witchcraft - witches
witchdoctors and the magic theatre
the Rangda and the Barong
black and white magic
how to become a Leyak
the witchdoctors
magic and medicine; death and cremation - the body
the soul
cremation
the sacrifice of widows
the aftermath. Part 3: modern Bali and the future.