Haunted houses and ghostly encounters : ethnography and animism in East Timor, 1860-1975 /
By presenting a history of Western ethnography of animism in East Timor during the Portuguese period, this intriguing study offers an original synthesis of the country's history, culture and anthropology. The book consists of ten chapters, each one a narrative of the work and experience of a pa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Southeast Asia publications series.
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| Summary: | By presenting a history of Western ethnography of animism in East Timor during the Portuguese period, this intriguing study offers an original synthesis of the country's history, culture and anthropology. The book consists of ten chapters, each one a narrative of the work and experience of a particular ethnographer. Covering a selection of seminal 19th- and 20th-century ethnographies, the author explores the relationship between spiritual beliefs, colonial administration, ethnographic interests and fieldwork experience. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780824878672 0824878671 |