Title: And the sun pursued the moon : symbolic knowledge and traditional authority among the Makassar /
Authors: Gibson, Thomas, 1956-
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Makasar (Indonesian people) Science.; Makasar (Indonesian people) Folklore.; Makasar (Indonesian people) Kings and rulers.; Mythology, Indonesian Indonesia Makassar.; Philosophy, Indonesian Indonesia Makassar.; Ethnoscience Indonesia Makassar.; Philosophy, Indonesian.; Makassar (Indonesia) Social life and customs.
Abstract: "Over the course of a thousand years, from 600 to 1600 C.E., the Java Sea was dominated by a ring of maritime kingdoms whose rulers engaged in long-distance raiding, trading, and marriage alliances with one another. And the Sun Pursued the Moon explores the economic, political, and symbolic processes by which early Makassar communities were incorporated into this regional system." "Gibson uses anthropological, mythological, textual, and historical analysis to show that Makassar symbolic knowledge does not constitute a seamless whole. It is composed of a complex set of competing models, each with a unique historical genealogy and geographic source. His book will appeal to those interested in the established fields of anthropology, folklore, history, and comparative political science; the emerging interdisciplinary fields of cultural, subaltern, and post-colonial studies; and the origins of globalism and transnationalism."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction to south Sulawesi -- Toward an anthropology of symbolic knowledge -- Androgynous origins : traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea -- Incestuous twins and magical boats : traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone -- Noble transgression and shipwreck : traces of Luwu' in Bira -- The sea prince and the bamboo maiden : traces of Majapahit in south Sulawesi -- The sea king and the emperor : the gunpowder state of Gowa-Tallo' -- The power of the regalia : royal rebellion against the Voc -- The return of the kings : the royal ancestors under colonial rule -- Knowledge, power, and traditional authority.