Custodians of the Sacred Mountains: Culture and Society in the Highlands of Bali 9780824862107
Custodians of the Sacred Mountains is the first comprehensive ethnography of the Bali Aga, a large ethnic minority that
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Banua Ritual Domains and the Status Economy of Highland Bali
1. The Banua as a Category and a Social Process
2. Pura Pucak Penulisan: A Temple at the Tip of the World
3. Gebog Domas: The Congregation of Pura Penulisan
4. The Ritual Process of a Domain
5. Beneath and Beyond Penulisan: Three Related Domains
6. A Ritual Map of the Highlands
7. The Status Economy of Highland Bali: From the Banua to Smaller Spheres of Social Organization
Part II: In the Shadow of Paradise: The Bali Aga and the Problem of Representation
8. Representation Beyond the Highlands: Preliminary Reflections
9. People of the Mountains and People from the Sea: A Balinese Model of Society
10. The Anthropological Coproduction of the Bali Aga: A Mirror of Changing Relations
11. Representation and Society: A Bali Aga Perspective
Notes
References
Index
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