Making blood white : historical transformations in early modern Makassar / William Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Makassar (Indonesia)--History.

Makassar (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study of early modern Makassar in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, William Cummings traces the social, cultural, and political significance of the transition from oral to literate culture in one region of Indonesia. He examines "history-making"--the ways in which the past is perceived, interpreted, and used--at a crucial moment in early modern Makassar when conceptions of history are being transformed by the advent of literacy. Central to his argument is the notion that histories are not just records or representations of the past but are themselves forces or agents capable of transforming the worlds in which humans live. Not simply structured by the prevailing social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which they are made, they also shape these contexts. Making Blood White bears in important ways on the historiography of Southeast Asia in general and will be read by students of the region's history and anthropology as well as by those interested in the relationships of history, literacy, and politics in premodern Asia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

A NOTE ON MAKASSARESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION

Introduction Making a History of Early Modern Makassar

Part I. History-Making

1. Early Modern Makassar and Its Contexts

2. Culture and History-Making

3 .Transformations in Makassarese Perceptions of the Past

Part II. Making History

4. Historical Literacy and Social Hierarchicalization

5 . Historical Literacy and Gowa as the Center of Makassar

6 . Historical Literacy and Makassarese Culture

Conclusion The Force of History

APPENDIX EARLY MODERN RULERS OF GOWA AND TALLOQ

NOTES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Credits:

Designed by Josie Herr.

Printed by Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824863449

0824863445

9780585464077

0585464073

OCLC:

614643099