The Flow of Life: Essays on Eastern Indonesia

Published by Harvard University Press 1980

The Flow of Life

Essays on Eastern Indonesia

Edited by: James J. Fox
In collaboration with: Marie Jeanne Adams , Robert H. Barnes , Brigitte Clamagirand , Shepard Forman , James J. Fox , Gérard Francillon , Claudine Friedberg , John L. Gordon , P. E. de Josselin de Jong , N. L. Kana , Rodney Needham , L. Onvlee , H. G. Schulte Nordholt , Elizabeth Traube and Valerio Valeri

Volume 2 in the series Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674331907

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Indonesia east of Bali is perhaps the least known of all major cultural areas of Southeast Asia. Yet the anthropology of the region has long held a prominent place in the development of structuralist theories of marital exchange and symbolic classification. Falling in a distinguished lineage running from van Wouden to Lévi-Strauss to Rodney Needham, The Flow of Life presents a comprehensive set of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars, which provides both a full picture of this culturally rich area and an important extension of earlier structuralist theory. This volume is bound to become the standard source on the social anthropology of eastern Indonesia. But it is a work of more than regional significance, providing a variety of empirical resources to address the questions which lie at the bottom of much structuralist thought about mind and society: what is the nature of symbolic thought? how does consciousness intertwine with society and ecology? what is the difference between “primitive” and “modern” society?

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Fox James J. :

James J. Fox is Professorial Fellow of Anthropology and Honorary Associate in Southeast Asian Ethnology, Australian National University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Marriage, Alliance, and Exchange
1 Principles and Variations in the Structure of Sumbanese Society Rodney Needham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 The Marriage Nexus among the Manggarai of West Flores John L. Gordon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
3 Concordance, Structure, and Variation: Considerations of Alliance in Kédang Robert H. Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
5 The Social Organization of the Erna of Timor Brigitte Clamagirand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
6 Descent, Alliance, and Exchange Ideology among the Makassae of East Timor Shepard Forman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
7 Notes on the Meaning of Marriage Prestations among the Huaulu of Seram Valerio Valeri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Part Two. Systems of Social and Symbolic Classification
8 The Significance of Livestock on Sumba Translated from the Dutch by James J. Fox and Henny Fokker-Bakker L. Onvlee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
9 Structural Aspects of East Sumbanese Art Marie Jeanne Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
10 The Order and Significance of the Savunese House Translated from the Indonesian by James J. Fox N. L. Kana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
11 The Symbolic Classification of the Atoni of Timor H. G. Schulte Nordholt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
12 Incursions upon Wehali: A Modern History of an Ancient Empire Gérard Francillon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
13 Boiled Woman and Broiled Man: Myths and Agricultural Rituals of the Bunaq of Central Timor Translated from the French by Elizabeth Traube Claudine Friedberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
14 Mambai Rituals of Black and White Elizabeth Traube Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Part Three. Eastern Indonesia as a Field of Ethnological Study
15 The Concept of the Field of Ethnological Study P. E. de Josselin de Jong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
16 Models and Metaphors: Comparative Research in Eastern Indonesia James J. Fox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 372
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 27
- Tables: 3
- Other: 15 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 3 maps, 3 tables
Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Ethnology -- Indonesia.; Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Lesser Sunda Islands.; Lesser Sunda Islands -- Social life and customs.; Indonesia -- Social life and customs.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674331907

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1980
ISBN: 9780674331891