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Kathleen M. Adams

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Everyday Life In Southeast Asia, Kathleen Adams Feb 2015

Everyday Life In Southeast Asia, Kathleen Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics.

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Locating Global Legacies In Tana Toraja, Indonesia, Kathleen Adams Dec 2003

Locating Global Legacies In Tana Toraja, Indonesia, Kathleen Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

In 2001, the picturesque Toraja village of Ke' te' Kesu' was nominated for candidacy as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Situated in the South Sulawesi highlands in Indonesia, this hamlet is home to rice farmers, wood carvers, tourist vendors, government workers and sporadically-visiting anthropologists. Drawing on long-term anthropological field research in the village, I suggest that while world heritage sites may entail what UNESCO terms 'genius loci', they are, rarely the unchanging embodiments of tradition they are imagined to be. The paper illustrates how heritage landscapes such as Ke' te' Kesu' are, to some extent, products of local responses and …

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Cultural Displays And Tourism In Africa And The Americas, Kathleen Adams Dec 2002

Cultural Displays And Tourism In Africa And The Americas, Kathleen Adams

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The Politics Of Heritage In Tana Toraja, Indonesia: Interplaying The Local And The Global, Kathleen Adams Dec 2002

The Politics Of Heritage In Tana Toraja, Indonesia: Interplaying The Local And The Global, Kathleen Adams

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Nationalizing The Local And Localizing The Nation Ceremonials, Monumental Displays And National Memory-Making In Upland Sulawesi, Indonesia, Kathleen Adams Dec 1996

Nationalizing The Local And Localizing The Nation Ceremonials, Monumental Displays And National Memory-Making In Upland Sulawesi, Indonesia, Kathleen Adams

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