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SAVU

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

SAVU

By Genevieve Duggan, Hans Hägerdal

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The book focuses on the historical trajectories of Savu, an island in the Nusa Tenggara Timur province, eastern Indonesia. It blends historical and anthropological methods, using oral tradition, ethnographicobservations, and archival collections. While Savu is a relatively small island, it has gained a wider regional importance. The text discusses the pre-colonial period up to the 16th century, based on the unusually strong and detailed genealogical tradition, and explains how the various domain...Show more

Social and cultural anthropology

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ISBN

9789814722759

Publisher

NUS Press

Published year

2019

Language

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1

Original title

SAVU

Format

Hardcover

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