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In 1908, the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and more than 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. The question of what their action meant and its continued significance in contemporary Klungkung forms the basis of Margaret Wiener's anthropolological history. Wiener challenges colonial and academic claims that Klungkung had no "real" power and argues that such claims enabled colonial domination. By focusing on Balinese discourses she makes clear the choices open to Balinese, both at the time of the Dutch conquest and in its narration. At the same time, she shows how these discourses, which revolve around magical weapons acquired from invisible agents such as gods, spirits and ancestors, offer an alternative understanding of Klungkung's power. Moving between Balinese and Dutch narratives and between past and present, Wiener critiques colonial accounts by recounting Balinese memories and interpretations. Her attention to history and local situations illuminates the ways in which colonialism and orientalist scholarship have obscured the power of indigenous rulers and shows how Klungkung, once Bali's paramount realm, was relegated to a peripheral corner of the Indonesian nation-state. Both as a story and as an example of interdisciplinary scholarship, this book should interest students of colonialism, anthropology, history, religion and Southeast Asia.

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Kategoria Knihy po anglicky Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Visible and Invisible Realms
• Podtytuł: Power, Magic, and Colonial Conquest in Bali
• Autor: Margaret J. Wiener
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 460
• EAN: 9780226885827
• ISBN: 0226885828
• ID: 04550382
• Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press
• Waga: 708 g
• Wymiary: 151 × 231 × 34 mm
• Data wydania: 15. April 1995

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