The Balinese
by J. Stephen Lansing
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This study of the complex Balinese culture examines Balinese concepts of personhood and society; the integration of art into every aspect of Balinese life; the effects of the Guen Revolution on Balinese agriculture; the ecological role of their water temples in an age-old system of inigrate rice terraces; and the ethnohistory of Bali, including both colonial and Balinese views. The book is organized around four different periods of fieldwork and includes an appendix of available films and show more videos on the Balinese. show lessTags
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J. Stephen Lansing is a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and in the departments of Anthropology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona
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- The Balinese
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 959.86 — History & geography History of Asia Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Indonesia Bali [and more East Timor]
- LCC
- DS647 .B2 .L25 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
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- Languages
- English
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