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Author Covarrubias, Miguel, author

Title Island of Bali / Miguel Covarrubias ; with an album of photographs by Rose Covarrubias
Published Singapore ; Hong Kong [China] ; Indonesia : Periplus Editions, 1973
©1973

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Description 1 online resource (486 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, photographs
Series Periplus Classics
Periplus classics.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgment; Contents; Illustrations; FOREWARD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; 1. THE ISLAND; 2. THE PEOPLE; The Ancient Survival: the Bali Aga; Notes on the History of Bali; The Dutch; The Lombok War; Conquest of South Bali; Notes on Maya Danawa; 3. THE COMMUNITY; The Village; The Market; The Social Order; Etiquette; Language; The Castes; The Organization of the Village; The Banjar; Law and Justice; The Courts; 4. RICE, WORK, AND WEALTH; The Subak; Rice Culture; Distribution of Labor; The Economic Order; 5. EVERYDAY LIFE IN BALI; The House; Balinese Cooking; Costume and Adornment
6. THE FAMILYChildbirth; The Life of Children; Adolescence; The Love Life of the Balinese; Marriage; 7. ART AND THE ARTIST; The Place of the Artist in Balinese Life; The Story of the Development of Balinese Art; Old Hindu Balinese Art; The Period of Majapahit; The Plastic Arts in Modern Bali: Sculpture and Architecture; Painting; the Crafts; 8. THE DRAMA; Music; The Dance; The Shadow-Play; The Classic Drama; PART II; 9. RITES AND FESTIVAL; Society and Religion; Temples and Temple Feasts; Gods, Demons: Offerings and Exorcisms; The Calendar; Siwa; The High Priests and the Brahmanic Ritual
Additional Notes10. WITCHCRAFT; Witches, Witch-doctors, and the Magic Theater; The Rangda and the Barong; The Calon Arang Play; The Barong; The Sanghyang; Black and White Magic; The Pengiwa: How to Become a Leyak; Penengen: The Magic of the Right; The Witch-doctors, Magic, and Medicine; Additional Notes; 11. DEATH AND CREMATION; The Body; The Soul; The Cremation; The Sacrifice of Widows; The Aftermath; Notes on Death and Cremation; PART III; 12. MODERN BALI AND THE FUTURE; The Missionaries; ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Island of Bali is now available with a foreword by Professor Adrian Vickers which puts the book into context for a modern audience. First published in 1937, Island of Bali is still regarded by many as the most authoritative text on Bali and its fascinating people. Included is a wealth of information on the daily life, art, customs and religion of this magical ""Island of the Gods."" In the author's own words it presents a ""bird's-eye view of Balinese life and culture.""Miguel Covarrubias, the author, was a noted painter and caricaturist as well as a student of anthropology. He lived in Bali fo
Notes "Foreword by Adrian Vickers"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2015)
Subject Islands -- Indonesia -- Description and travel
Travel
SUBJECT Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Description and travel
Indonesia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065735
Subject Indonesia
Indonesia -- Bali Island
Form Electronic book
Author Covarrubias, Rose, photographer
ISBN 9781462917471
146291747X