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UNINA9910141152003321 |
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Hägerdal Hans |
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Lords of the land, lords of the sea : conflict and adaptation in early colonial Timor, 1600-1800 / / Hans Hägerdal |
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Leiden - Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
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Leiden : , : KITLV Press, , 2012 |
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c2012 |
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1 online resource (495 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; ; 273 |
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Social conflict - Timor Island - History |
Colonization |
Politics and government |
Social conflict |
History |
Timor Island Colonization |
Timor Island History 17th century |
Timor Island History 18th century |
Timor Island Politics and government |
Asia Timor Island |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-461) and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- 1: Timor and historical research -- 2: The first contacts -- 3: Traditional forms of power -- 4: Establishments and clashes, 1641-1658 -- 5: The Topass phase, 1650s-1702 -- 6: Kupang and the five loyal allies, 1658-1700s -- 7: Life and death in Kupang -- 8: The Estado strikes back, 1696-1732 -- 9: The Company on the move, 1732-1761 -- 10: Colonial retreat and maintenance -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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European traders and soldiers established a foothold on Timor in the |
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course of the seventeenth century, motivated by the quest for the commercially vital sandalwood and the intense competition between the Dutch and the Portuguese. Lords of the land, lords of the sea focuses on two centuries of contacts between the indigenous polities on Timor and the early colonials, and covers the period 1600-1800. In contrast with most previous studies, the book treats Timor as a historical region in its own right, using a wide array of Dutch, Portuguese and other original sources, which are compared with the comprehensive corpus of oral tradition recorded on the island. From this rich material, a lively picture emerges of life and death in early Timorese society, the forms of trade, slavery, warfare, alliances, social life, and so forth. The investigation demonstrates that the European groups, although having a role as ordering political forces, were only part of the political landscape of Timor. They relied on alliances where the distinction between ally and vassal was moot, and led to frequent conflicts and uprisings. During a slow and complicated process, the often turbulent political conditions involving Europeans, Eurasians, and Timorese polities, paved the way for the later division of Timor into two spheres of roughly equal size. Hans Hägerdal (1960) is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has written extensively on East and Southeast Asian history. Among his publications is Hindu rulers, Muslim subjects: Lombok and Bali in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (2001). |
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UNINA9910790112303321 |
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Autore |
Roberts Elizabeth F. S. |
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God's Laboratory : Assisted Reproduction in the Andes / / Elizabeth F. S. Roberts |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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1-280-49196-5 |
9786613587190 |
0-520-95225-1 |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Fertilization in vitro, Human - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church |
Human reproductive technology - Andes Region |
Human reproductive technology -- Andes Region |
Human reproductive technology - Ecuador |
Human reproductive technology -- Ecuador |
Medical anthropology - Andes Region |
Medical anthropology -- Andes Region |
Medical anthropology - Ecuador |
Medical anthropology -- Ecuador |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural |
Human reproductive technology - Catholic Church - Religious aspects - Ecuador |
Fertilization in vitro, Human - Ecuador |
Medical anthropology |
Persons |
Reproductive Techniques |
Christianity |
Investigative Techniques |
Therapeutics |
Religion |
Humanities |
Tissue Donors |
Catholicism |
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted |
Medicine |
Health & Biological Sciences |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Cast of Characters -- Preface -- Introduction: Reproductive Assistance -- Corporeal Punishment: Sandra -- 1. Private Medicine and the Law of Life -- Crazy for Bingo: Consuelo -- 2. Assisted Whiteness -- Yo Soy Teresa la Fea/Ugly Teresa -- 3. White Beauty: Gamete Donation in a Mestizo Nation -- When Blood Calls: Frida and Anabela -- 4. Egg Economies and the Traffic between Women -- Abandonment: Vanessa -- 5. On Ice: Embryo Destinies -- Conclusion: Care-Worthy -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, raises concerns about the nature of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same shape around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts explores how reproduction by way of biotechnological assistance is not only accepted but embraced despite widespread poverty and condemnation from the Catholic Church. Roberts' intimate portrait of IVF practitioners and their patients reveals how technological intervention is folded into an Andean understanding of reproduction as always assisted, whether through kin or God. She argues that the Ecuadorian incarnation of reproductive technology is less about a national desire for modernity than it is a product of colonial racial history, Catholic practice, and kinship configurations. God's Laboratory offers a grounded introduction to critical debates in medical anthropology and science studies, as well as a nuanced ethnography of the interplay between science, religion, race and history in the formation of Andean families. |
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