| Description |
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for In the realm of the diamond queen : marginality in an out-of-the-way place / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Preface Opening: In the Realm of the Diamond Queen 3 Pt. 1 Politics of the Periphery 39 1 Marginal Fictions 51 2 Government Headhunters 72 3 Family Planning 104 Pt. 2 A Science of Travel 121 4 Leadership Landscapes 127 5 Conditions of Living 154 6 On the Boundary of the Skin 178 Pt. 3 Riding the Horse of Gaps 207 7 Alien Romance 213 8 Riding, Writing 230 9 The History of the World 253 Reprise 285 Notes 303 References Cited 311 Index 335 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Dayak (Indonesian people) Government relations, Dayak (Indonesian people) Social conditions, Sex role Indonesia Meratus Mountains Region |
| Summary |
In this ethnography the author challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but all those who study culture to reconsider some of their dearest assumptions. By choosing to locate her study among Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, she deliberately sets into motion the familiar and stubborn urban fantasies of self and other. Unusual encounters with her remarkably creative and unconventional Meratus friends and teachers, however, provide the opportunity to rethink notions of tradition, community, culture, power, and gender--and the doing of anthropology. [publisher] |
| Analysis |
Ethnic groups Social conditions |
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Indonesia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-334) and index |
| Subject |
Dayak (Bornean people) -- Government relations.
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Dayak (Bornean people) -- Social conditions.
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Sex role -- Indonesia -- Meratus Mountains Region
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| Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| LC no. |
93010521 |
| ISBN |
0691000514 (pa. : alk. paper) |
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0691033358 (cl. : alk. paper) |
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