Staying Local in the Global Village: Bali in the Twentieth Century 9780824864460

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Staying Local in the Global Village: Bali in the Twentieth Century
 9780824864460

Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Spelling
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Discourse of Kebalian: Transcultural Constructions of Balinese Identity
Chapter 2. Making Local History in New Order Bali: Public Culture and the Politics of the Past
Chapter 3. Democratic Mobilization and Political Authoritarianism: Tourism Developments in Bali
Chapter 4. Acting Global, Thinking Local in a Balinese Tourist Town
Chapter 5. People of the Mountains, People of the Sea: Negotiating the Local and the Foreign in Bali
Chapter 6. Status Struggles and the Priesthood in Contemporary Bali
Chapter 7. “Eating Threads”: Brocades as Cash Crop for Weaving Mothers and Daughters in Bali
Chapter 8. Education for the Performing Arts: Contesting and Mediating Identity in Contemporary Bali
Chapter 9. The End of the World News: Articulating Television in Bali
Glossary
References
Contributors
Index

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