Bali in the Early Nineteenth Century

The Ethnographic Accounts of Pierre DuBois
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31582-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 305, 826 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1381 g

Reihe: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde

In Bali in the Early Nineteenth Century, Helen Creese examines the nature of the earliest sustained cross-cultural encounter between the Balinese and the Dutch through the eyewitness accounts of Pierre Dubois, the first colonial official to live in Bali. From 1828 to 1831, Dubois served as Civil Administrator to the Badung court in southern Bali. He later recorded his Balinese experiences for the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences in a series of personal letters to an anonymous correspondent. This first ethnography of Bali provides rich, perceptive descriptions of early nineteenth-century Balinese politics, society, religion and culture. The book includes a complete edition and translation of Dubois’ Légère Idée de Balie en 1830/Sketch of Bali in 1830.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Creese, Helen M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Editorial principles and conventions
List of Illustrations

Part 1: Historical and Cultural Context
Ch. 1: The Textual Traces of a Colonial Life: Pierre Dubois (ca. 1776-1838)
Ch. 2: Overtures: The Dutch in Bali, 1808-1826
Ch. 3: The Recruitment Post at Kuta
Ch. 4: The Transcendent Art of Balinese Politics
Ch. 5: The Return to Kuta, 1829-1831
Ch. 6: The Kuta Post: An Assessment
Ch. 7: An Accidental Ethnographer
Ch. 8: In Pursuit of Truth: Dubois in the Field
Ch. 9: A Textual Cabinet of Curiosities: Commentaries on History, Society, Religion and Ritual
Ch. 10: The Dubois Manuscripts: Transmission and Intertextuality
Ch. 11: A Textual Postscript: The Journey of the Manuscripts

Part 2: Pierre Dubois: Légère Idée de Balie en 1830
List of Letters
Letters – French Transcription

Part 3: Pierre Dubois: Sketch of Bali in 1830
List of Letters
Letters – English Translation

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Creese, Ph.D. (1982), Australian National University, is Associate Professor in Indonesian at the University of Queensland. She has published widely on Balinese history, textual traditions and literature.