Sumatran politics and poetics : Gayo history, 1900-1989
1991, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #419767
ISBN: 0300047088
Physical description; xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. 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. Subjects; Gayo (Indonesian people) History. Gayo (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies. Gayo Indonesian people) Politics and government. Folklore Performance Indonesia Sumatra. History Asia Southeast Asia. Social conditions. Gayo poetry. Culture History Sumatra (Indonesia).
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