ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Land and Life in Timor-Leste : Ethnographic Essays.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Monographs in Anthropology SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781921862601
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Land and Life in Timor-LesteDDC classification:
  • 301.295986
LOC classification:
  • DS646.57
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Following the historic 1999 popular referendum, East Timor emerged as the first independent sovereign nation of the 21st Century.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.