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And the sun pursued the moon : symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar / Thomas Gibson.

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Penn Museum Library DS632.M25 G53 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gibson, Thomas, 1956-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Makasar (Indonesian people)--Science.
Makasar (Indonesian people).
Makasar (Indonesian people)--Folklore.
Makasar (Indonesian people)--Kings and rulers.
Mythology, Indonesian--Indonesia--Makassar.
Mythology, Indonesian.
Philosophy, Indonesian--Indonesia--Makassar.
Philosophy, Indonesian.
Ethnoscience--Indonesia--Makassar.
Ethnoscience.
Kings and rulers.
Makassar (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
Makassar (Indonesia).
Indonesia--Makassar.
Genre:
Folklore.
Physical Description:
xi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2005]
Contents:
Introduction to south Sulawesi
Toward an anthropology of symbolic knowledge
Androgynous origins : traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea
Incestuous twins and magical boats : traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone
Noble transgression and shipwreck : traces of Luwu' in Bira
The sea prince and the bamboo maiden : traces of Majapahit in south Sulawesi
The sea king and the emperor : the gunpowder state of Gowa-Tallo'
The power of the regalia : royal rebellion against the Dutch East India Company
The return of the kings : the royal ancestors under colonial rule
Knowledge, power and traditional authority.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
ISBN:
0824828658
OCLC:
57211151

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