More than words: transforming script, agency, and collective life in bali
Auteur :
Fox, Richard
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501725357
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Grounded in ethnographic and archival research on the Indonesian island of Bali, More Than Words challenges conventional understandings of textuality and writing as they pertain to the religious traditions of Southeast Asia. Through a nuanced study of Balinese script as employed in rites of healing, sorcery, and self-defense, Richard Fox...