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And the sun pursued the moon symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibson, Thomas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2005
Subjects:
Makasar (Indonesian people) > Science
Makasar (Indonesian people) > Folklore
Makasar (Indonesian people) > Kings and rulers
Mythology, Indonesian > Indonesia > Makassar
Philosophy, Indonesian > Indonesia > Makassar
Ethnoscience > Indonesia > Makassar
Makassar (Indonesia) > Social life and customs
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to south Sulawesi
  • Toward an anthropology of symbolic knowledge
  • Androgynous origins : traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea
  • Incestuous twins and magical boats : traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone
  • Noble transgression and shipwreck : traces of Luwu' in Bira
  • The sea prince and the bamboo maiden : traces of Majapahit in south Sulawesi
  • The sea king and the emperor : the gunpowder state of Gowa-Tallo'
  • The power of the regalia : royal rebellion against the Voc
  • The return of the kings : the royal ancestors under colonial rule
  • Knowledge, power, and traditional authority

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