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