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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226896803

ISBN-139780226896809

eBay Product ID (ePID)79727

Product Key Features

Number of Pages370 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameManaging Turbulent Hearts : a Balinese Formula for Living

Publication Year1990

SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions

TypeTextbook

AuthorUnni Wikan

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight20.6 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN90-041019

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306/.09598/6

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction: Beyond Spectacle and Bright Face Part One: Experience and Its Interpretation 1. Grief, Gaiety, and Laughter 2. Interpreting Everyday Practice Part Two: Bridgings, and Cares Carried Across 3. Hidden Hearts and Bright Faces 4. Movement in Social Space 5. Could People See . . . All Would Perish from Fright 6. Managing the Heart--To Please as Virtue Pleases Part Three: Feeling-Thoughts, Morality, and Health 7. Feeling-Thoughts and Their Interpretation 8. Laughter, Sadness, and Death Reconsidered 9. Vitality and Health Part Four: Coping with the Suffering Life Inevitably Brings 10. Finding a Way Out of Sadness 11. Power, a Fight for Freedom, and Covert Violence 12. At the Balian's: Seeking Relief for Life's Strains and Stresses 13. The Power to Heal Part Five: Culture and Translation 14. Going Beyond the Words: A Plea for Resonance Notes Glossary References Index

SynopsisHow do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can the anthropologist pass behind the conventions of such a complex culture to recognize what is going on between people, in terms that convey their own experience? Wikan's study of the Indonesian island of Bali is an absorbing debate with previous anthropological interpretations as well as an innovative development of the anthropology of experience. "This is indeed an important book, a landmark in studies of Bali and one surely destined to have major theoretical impact on anthropological research well beyond that famous Indonesian island."-Anthony R. Walker, Journal of Asian and African Studies, How do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can the anthropologist pass behind the conventions of such a complex culture to recognize what is going on between people, in terms that convey their own experience? Wikan's study of the Indonesian island of Bali is an absorbing debate with previous anthropological interpretations as well as an innovative development of the anthropology of experience. "This is indeed an important book, a landmark in studies of Bali and one surely destined to have major theoretical impact on anthropological research well beyond that famous Indonesian island."--Anthony R. Walker, Journal of Asian and African Studies

LC Classification NumberDS632.B25W55 1990