From a Shattered Sun
From a Shattered Sun

Author: Susan McKinnon

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780299131548

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Among a growing number of ethnographies of eastern Indonesia that deal with cosmology, exchange, and kinship, From a Shattered Sun is the first to address squarely issues originally broached by Edmund Leach and Claude Lévi-Strauss concerning the relation between hierarchy and equality in asymmetric systems of marriage. On the basis of extensive fieldwork in the Tamimbar islands, Susan McKinnon analyzes the simultaneous presence of both closed, asymmetric cycles and open, asymmetric pathways of alliance--of both egalitarian and hierarchical configurations. In addition, Tamimbarese society is marked by the existence of multiple, differentially valued forms of marriage, affiliation, and residence. Rather than seeing these various forms as analytically separable types, McKinnon demonstrates that it is only by viewing them as integrally related--in terms of culturally specific understandings of "houses," gender, and exchange--that one can perceive the processes through which hierarchy and equality are created.

Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap Van Kunsten En Wetenschappen; Volume 29
Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap Van Kunsten En Wetenschappen; Volume 29

Author: Bataviaasch Genootschap Van Kunsten E

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019650158

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This collection of scholarly essays and papers from the Royal Batavia Society for Arts and Sciences offers a fascinating window into the world of colonial science and learning in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in the early 19th century. Featuring contributions from some of the leading thinkers and scholars of the day, the book covers a wide range of topics, including ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and botany. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and colonialism. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.