Haunted houses and ghostly encounters ethnography and animism in East Timor, 1860-1975

Colonial ethnography -- The governor (an ethnography for empire) -- The naturalist (an ethnography of obstructions) -- The magistrate (an ethnography of aesthetics) -- The captain (an ethnography of change) -- The administrator (an ethnography of purity) -- The missionary (an ethnography of extremes...

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1. Verfasser: Shepherd, Christopher John (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with University of Hawai'i Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:Asian Studies Association of Australia Southeast Asia publications series
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Zusammenfassung:Colonial ethnography -- The governor (an ethnography for empire) -- The naturalist (an ethnography of obstructions) -- The magistrate (an ethnography of aesthetics) -- The captain (an ethnography of change) -- The administrator (an ethnography of purity) -- The missionary (an ethnography of extremes) -- Professional ethnography -- The sentimentalist (an ethnography in paradise) -- The theologian (an ethnography for order) -- The apprentice (an ethnography of unintended consequences) -- The detective (an ethnography of intimacy).
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index
Beschreibung:xx, 326 pages
illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780824878672
978-0-8248-7867-2