Orientations -- Currents of identity in Tana Toraja -- The carved tongkonan : a material expression of identity -- Mortuary effigies and identity politics -- Ceremonials, monumental displays, and museumification : new genre identity displays -- Toraja icons on the national and trans-national stage -- Images of peace-making : carving new conceptions of community in an era of ethnic and religious violence -- Conclusions
Analysis
Architecture, Toraja - Indonesia - Celebes
Celebes (Indonesia) - Ethnic relations
Culture and tourism - Indonesia - Celebes
Toraja (Indonesian people) - Ethnic identity
Toraja (Indonesian people) - Social life and customs
Wood-carving, Toraja - Indonesia - Celebes
Notes
Title on cover and spine: Art as politics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-273) and index