Headhunting and the Social Imagination in Southeast Asia

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ISBN: 9780804725750 | 0804725756
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1996

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This book brings together material on headhunting from several Southeast Asia societies, examines its cultural contexts, and relates them to colonial history, violence, and ritual.

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Introduction: Headhunting as Practice and as Trope	p. 1
Lyric, History, and Allegory, or the End of Headhunting Ritual in Upland Sulawesi	p. 50
Headtaking and the Consolidation of Political Power in the Early Brunei State	p. 90
Severed Heads That Germinate the State: History, Politics, and Headhunting in Southwest Timor	p. 127
Buaya Headhunting and Its Ritual: Notes from a Headhunting Feast in Northern Luzon	p. 167
Telling Violence in the Meratus Mountains	p. 184
The Heritage of Headhunting: History, Ideology, and Violence on Sumba, 1890-1990	p. 216
Images of Headhunting	p. 249
Index	p. 293
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