Overview
Sea Hunters of Indonesia is a comprehensive study of the coastal community of Lamalera, whose traditional ways of life make it unique. One is an unusual kind of sea-fishing: the hunting of whales, porpoises, and giant manta rays. The other is the production, by the women of the community, of remarkable fine dyed textiles. Recently these traditions have come under intense pressure from external economic influences, and the people of Lamalera are starting to move into modern occupations. The community, famous for the beauty of its setting as well as for its crafts, is now a major tourist attraction, and it may now survive only as part of the tourist industry. At this crucial point in the history of the region, R. H. Barnes offers a richly detailed and beautifully illustrated picture of the culture and economy of Lamalera, the fruit of many years' study. He records all aspects of life in Lamalera, and places it in the broader context of the past, present, and future of Indonesia as a whole.
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Author: R. H. Barnes (Professor of Social Anthropology and Fellow, Professor of Social Anthropology and Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 1.014kg
ISBN: 9780198280705
ISBN 10: 019828070
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 28 November 1996
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1: The Village 2: Disaster, Migration, Foundation, and History 3: Descent Groups 4: Marriage Alliance 5: Life, Development, Spirits, Faults, and Retribution 6: Death 7: Cloth, Salt, and Markets 8: Seasons, Winds, Tides, Currents, Celestial Objects, and Directions 9: Fishing 10: Boat-Owning Groups 11: Large Boats 12: Boat Construction Ceremonies 13: Harpoons, Ropes, and Other Gear 14: Open-Sea Fishing and Hunting 15: Hunting Whales and Other Cetaceans 16: Fishing Near Lobetobi and Pantar 17: Early Whaling and Contacts with Timor 18: Lamalera Past, Present, and Future Appendices, Notes, References, Index
Reviews
An important work ... handsomely produced and illustrated ... If 'maritime anthropology' ever becomes a recognized specialty, this book, for its substantive detail, will rank as a pioneer classic Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Author Information
R. H. Barnes has been University Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Oxford since 1978; he is a Fellow of St Antony's College. He was previously Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.
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