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Sumatran politics and poetics : Gayo history, 1900-1989 / John R. Bowen
by Bowen, John R. (John Richard) (1951-)
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- ISBN 13
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (xiv, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and indexes. Contents; 1. Introduction -- PART 1. GAYO HISTORY AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS: 2. Gayo society and culture ; 3. Political structure and historical narratives in 1900 ; 4. The creation of colonial hierarchies ; 5. Competing transcendencies: Islam and the Indonesian nation-state ; 6. Politics and culture in the new order -- PART 2. POETICS AND ITS HISTORY: 7. Authoritative maxims and ritual speaking ; 8. Poetry and contest, 1900-1945 ; 9. The poetic mediation of political change, 1945-1989 ; 10. Narrative strategies in the history of Linge ; 11. Islamic reformulations of the past ; 12. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Analytical glossary of Gayo terms -- Appendix 2. Gayo population data. Subjects: Gayo (Indonesian people) History. Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies. Gayo (Indonesian people) Politics and government. Folklore Performance Indonesia Sumatra. Folklore Indon�sie Sumatra Ex�cution. Gayo (Peuple d'Indon�sie) Histoire. Gayo (Peuple d'Indon�sie) Rites et c�r�monies. Gayo (Peuple d'Indon�sie) Politique et gouvernement. Gayo. Geschichte (1900-1989) Folklore Performance. Gayo (Indonesian people) Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies. Politics and government. Social conditions. HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia. Folklore Ex�cution Indon�sie Sumatra. Folklore Interpr�tation Indon�sie Sumatra. Gayo (Indonesian people) History. Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies Gayo (Indonesian people) Politics and government. Folklore Performance Indonesia Sumatra. Gayos (Indonesian people) History. Gayos (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies. Folklore Indonesia Sumatra Performance. Folklore Performance. Gayo (Indonesian people) Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies. Politics and government. Social conditions. Folklore Indonesia Sumatra Performance. Gayos (Indonesian people) Politics and government. Folklore Performance Gayo (Indonesian people) Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies Politics and government Social conditions Folklore. Gayos (Indonesian people. History. Indonesia. Performance. Politics and government. Rites and ceremonies. Social history. Sumatra.
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- Sumatran politics and poetics : Gayo history, 1900-1989 / John R. Bowen
- Author
- Bowen, John R. (John Richard) (1951-)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300047088
- ISBN 13
- 9780300047080
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven And London
- Date Published
- 1991
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