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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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Contributors; 1. Introduction: headhunting as practice and trope Janet Hoskins; 2. Lyric, history, and allegory, or the end of headhunting ritual in upland Sulawesi Kenneth M. George; 3. Headtaking and the consolidation of political power in the early Brunei state Allen R. Maxwell; 4. Severed heads that germinate the state: history, politics, and headhunting in Southwest Timor Andrew McWilliam; 5. Buaya headhunting and its ritual: notes from a headhunting feast in Northern Luzon Jules De Raedt; 6. Telling violence in the Meratus mountains Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing; 7. The heritage of headhunting: history, ideology and violence on Sumba, 1890-1990 Janet Hoskins; 8. Images of headhunting Peter Metcalf; Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/1996
      ISBN13: 9780804725750, 978-0804725750
      ISBN10: 0804725756
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Contributors; 1. Introduction: headhunting as practice and trope Janet Hoskins; 2. Lyric, history, and allegory, or the end of headhunting ritual in upland Sulawesi Kenneth M. George; 3. Headtaking and the consolidation of political power in the early Brunei state Allen R. Maxwell; 4. Severed heads that germinate the state: history, politics, and headhunting in Southwest Timor Andrew McWilliam; 5. Buaya headhunting and its ritual: notes from a headhunting feast in Northern Luzon Jules De Raedt; 6. Telling violence in the Meratus mountains Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing; 7. The heritage of headhunting: history, ideology and violence on Sumba, 1890-1990 Janet Hoskins; 8. Images of headhunting Peter Metcalf; Index.

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