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Book SynopsisThis monograph about justice and morality among the Dou Donggo, a highland people in Indonesia, offers a means of understanding the workings of law and dispute settlement in small communities. It provides contextualizing material on current debates about ethnography and the anthropology of law.
Trade ReviewJust writes clearly and offers engaging accounts of his own experiences in the field, along with the detailed study of Dou Donggo society. All academic collections. * CHOICE *
...a significant contribution to the anthropology of emotional discourse. The book deserves to be praised for its fine ethnographic descriptions, and for revealing the underlying moral philosophy of a legal system whose 'judges' are superficially similar to but ultimately very different from those of Western jurispridence. * Royal Anthropological Institute Of Great Britain and Ireland *
Engagingly written study... * Journal of Asian Studies *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 The Setting Chapter 4 Portraits Chapter 5 Wedding Receptions and Praying Dogs: Donggo in Historical Perspective Chapter 6 Repairing Sounds and Speech: The Moral Community Chapter 7 Pity and Awareness: The Moral Ontology Part 8 Three Cases Chapter 9 Letting the Evidence Fit the Crime: The Case of the Assaulted Gossip Chapter 10 Dead Goats and What Might Have Been: The Case of the Amorous Guru Chapter 11 A Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One: The Case of the Jilted Fiancée Chapter 12 Glossary Chapter 13 References
