And the Sun Pursued the Moon: Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority among the Makassar 9780824874575

Over the course of a thousand years, from 600 to 1600 CE, the Java Sea was dominated by a ring of maritime kingdoms whos

206 20 2MB

English Pages 278 Year 2005

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to South Sulawesi
2. Toward an Anthropology of Symbolic Knowledge
3. Androgynous Origins: Traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea
4. Incestuous Twins and Magical Boats: Traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone
5. Noble Transgression and Shipwreck: Traces of Luwu’ in Bira
6. The Sea Prince and the Bamboo Maiden: Traces of Majapahit in South Sulawesi
7. The Sea King and the Emperor: The Gunpowder State of Gowa-Tallo’
8. The Power of the Regalia: Royal Rebellion against the Dutch East India Company
9. The Return of the Kings: The Royal Ancestors under Colonial Rule
10. Knowledge, Power, and Traditional Authority
Notes
References
Index
About the Author

And the Sun Pursued the Moon: Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority among the Makassar
9780824874575

Author / Uploaded
Thomas Gibson

0 0 0
Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up

File loading please wait...

Recommend Papers

Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations 9780007483327

445 84 5MB Read more

Sun and Moon Signs: Secrets of the 12 Zodiac Signs, Different Sun-Moon Astrology Combinations, Personality Types, and Compatibility

117 86 700KB Read more

Pagan Portals: Herbs of the Sun, Moon and Planets 9781785353031

Pagan Portals - Herbs of the Sun, Moon and Planets combines herbalism with astrology and explains how the ancient herbal

141 99 2MB Read more

The smile of sun and moon. A commentary on the praise to the 21 taras 1880975076

121 54 13MB Read more

Under the Radiant Sun and the Crescent Moon: Italo Calvino's Storytelling 9781442682863

Understanding Italo Calvino?s love of storytelling is pivotal to understanding the cultural and literary matrix of his l

134 64 11MB Read more

The Chinchaga Firestorm : When the Moon and Sun Turned Blue [1 ed.] 9781772120158, 9781772120035

In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North America—one fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in nor

148 83 18MB Read more

The Moon and Man

174 55 6MB Read more

Aggregating the News: Secondhand Knowledge and the Erosion of Journalistic Authority 9780231547192

Mark Coddington gives a vivid account of the work of aggregation—how such content is produced, what its values are, and

118 20 972KB Read more

Planets in Astrology: The Ultimate Guide to Chiron, Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, the Moon, and Sun 2019327900

100 8 9MB Read more

Science among the Ottomans: The Cultural Creation and Exchange of Knowledge 9781477303603

Scholars have long thought that, following the Muslim Golden Age of the medieval era, the Ottoman Empire grew culturally

141 99 2MB Read more