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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825155203321

Autore

Schiller Anne (Anne Louise)

Titolo

Small sacrifices : religious change and cultural identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia / / Anne Schiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-774121-5

0-585-23823-5

1-280-45106-8

0-19-535732-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

299.92

299/.92

306.0899922

Soggetti

Ngaju (Indonesian people) - Religion

Indonesia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Death Begins; 3 Journey to the Village of Souls; 4 Order and Anti-Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds; 5 Hindu Kaharingan in the New Order; 6 Religions and Identities; 7 Epilogue: Basir Muka and Religious Reformulations 147; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This ethnographic study shows how the Ngaju Dyaks, rain forest dwellers of Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) are responding to modernity. It depicts how they are attempting to fashion a modern identity for themselves, especially by remodelling their indigenous religion.