Affinities and extremes : crisscrossing the bittersweet ethnology of East Indies history, Hindu-Balinese culture, and Indo-European allure /
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| Author / Creator: | Boon, James A. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1990. |
| Description: | xviii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1067494 |
| Summary: | Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0226064611 0226064638 |