The Anthropological Romance of Bali 1597-1972: Dynamic Perspectives in Marriage and Caste, Politics and Religion
For centuries Bali has generated provocative - and often conflicting - images in the minds of ethnographers and travellers alike. Professor Boon places our current understanding of Bali within the context of historical views of Balinese life and religion, beginning with the initial Dutch contacts after 1597. He approaches Balinese culture as a 'social romance' of flexible values and actions keyed to native ideals of an enduring hierarchy. In this way, he explains the changing perspectives of...
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This book is the first thorough study of Balinese social and cultural dynamics.
Preface; Map of Bali; Introduction: Beyond epic; Part I. Temporal Perspectives: 1. Bali-tje: a discursive history of the earlier ethnology (post 1597); 2. Balipedia: concerted documentation (1880s-1920s); 3. Baliology: twentieth-century systems (1920s-1950s); 4. Bali now: an indigenous retrospect (pre-1906 to post-1971); Part II. Social and Cultural Dynamics: 5. The social matrix in place; 6. The meaning of marriage and descent; 7. Caste in retroflexion; 8. Situational hierarchy; 9. Images in action; Conclusion: the end of romance?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
