Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste
Lia Kent (Redaktør) Rui Feijo (Redaktør) Elizabeth G. Traube (Innledning) Susanne Matos Viegas (Innledning) Michael Leach (Innledning) Alessandro Boarccaech (Innledning) Damian Grengell (Innledning) Victoria Kumala Sakti (Innledning) Andrey Damaledo (Innledning) Soren Blau (Innledning) Any Rothschild (Innledning) Henri Myrttinen (Innledning) Kate Roll (Innledning)
"It is hard to find flaws in this collection. Admirably meeting the attributes of 'thick ethnography' as set down by Traube in her preface, not only does this work advance our understanding of Timor-Leste’s travails today, but deservedly takes its place in the broader anthropological literature around 'ancestorship,' martyrdom, and 'bad death.'"
- Geoffrey C. Gunn, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 95, No. 2
During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor, thousands of people died, or were killed, in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed. Since the nation's independence, families and communities have invested considerable time, effort and resources in fulfilling their obligations to the dead. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Amsterdam University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9789463724319
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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"It is hard to find flaws in this collection. Admirably meeting the attributes of 'thick ethnography' as set down by Traube in her preface, not only does this work advance our understanding of Timor-Leste’s travails today, but deservedly takes its place in the broader anthropological literature around 'ancestorship,' martyrdom, and 'bad death.'"
- Geoffrey C. Gunn, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 95, No. 2