Title: Art as politics : re-crafting identities, tourism, and power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia /
Authors: Adams, Kathleen M., 1957-
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Toraja (Indonesian people) Social life and customs.; Toraja (Indonesian people) Ethnic identity.; Art Political aspects Indonesia Sulawesi.; Wood-carving, Toraja Indonesia Sulawesi.; Architecture, Toraja Indonesia Sulawesi.; Culture and tourism Indonesia Sulawesi.; Wood-carving, Toraja Indonesia Sulawesi.; Architecture, Toraja Indonesia Sulawesi.; Culture and tourism Indonesia Sulawesi.; Sulawesi (Indonesia) Ethnic relations.; Sulawesi (Indonesia) Social life and customs.; Sulawesi (Indonesia) Ethnic relations.; Sulawesi (Indonesia) Social life and customs.
Contents: Carvings, Christianity, and CHiPs -- Competing Toraja images of identity -- The carved tongkonan -- Mortuary effigies and identity politics -- Ceremonials, monumental displays, and museumification -- Toraja icons on the national and transnational stage -- Carving new conceptions of community in an era of religious and ethnic violence -- From Toraja heritage to world heritage.