Land and Life in Timor-Leste : Ethnographic Essays.
Mcwilliam, Andrew.
Land and Life in Timor-Leste : Ethnographic Essays. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Monographs in Anthropology Series . - Monographs in Anthropology Series .
Land and Life in Timor-Leste -- Contents -- Contributors -- Ethno-linguistic map of Timor -- 1. Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Introduction -- 2. Origins, Precedence and Social Order in the Domain of Ina Ama Beli Darlari -- 3. Opening and Closing the Land: Land and power in the Idaté highlands -- 4. Fataluku Living Landscapes -- 5. Darlau: Origins and their significance for Atsabe Kemak identity -- 6. Planting the Flag -- 7. Water Relations: Customary systems and the management of Baucau City's water -- 8. Finding Bunaq: The homeland and expansion of the Bunaq in central Timor -- 9. Tensions of Tradition: Making and remaking claims to land in the Oecusse enclave -- 10. Struggling Geographies: Rethinking livelihood and locality in Timor-Leste -- 11. The Articulation of Tradition in Timor-Leste -- Index.
Following the historic 1999 popular referendum, East Timor emerged as the first independent sovereign nation of the 21st Century.
9781921862601
Timor-Leste--Social life and customs--21st century.
Electronic books.
DS646.57
301.295986
Land and Life in Timor-Leste : Ethnographic Essays. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Monographs in Anthropology Series . - Monographs in Anthropology Series .
Land and Life in Timor-Leste -- Contents -- Contributors -- Ethno-linguistic map of Timor -- 1. Land and Life in Timor-Leste: Introduction -- 2. Origins, Precedence and Social Order in the Domain of Ina Ama Beli Darlari -- 3. Opening and Closing the Land: Land and power in the Idaté highlands -- 4. Fataluku Living Landscapes -- 5. Darlau: Origins and their significance for Atsabe Kemak identity -- 6. Planting the Flag -- 7. Water Relations: Customary systems and the management of Baucau City's water -- 8. Finding Bunaq: The homeland and expansion of the Bunaq in central Timor -- 9. Tensions of Tradition: Making and remaking claims to land in the Oecusse enclave -- 10. Struggling Geographies: Rethinking livelihood and locality in Timor-Leste -- 11. The Articulation of Tradition in Timor-Leste -- Index.
Following the historic 1999 popular referendum, East Timor emerged as the first independent sovereign nation of the 21st Century.
9781921862601
Timor-Leste--Social life and customs--21st century.
Electronic books.
DS646.57
301.295986