Kebalian: The Dialogic Construction of Balinese Identity - Couverture souple

Picard, Michel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9813252421 ISBN 13 : 9789813252424

Editeur : NUS Press, 2024

Synopsis

An investigation into the complex forces that shape Balinese identity.

Over the past one hundred years, the Balinese have been challenged by colonial occupation, political turbulence, and, most recently, tourism. In response, they have come to rely on the idea of "Kebalian," or Balinese-ness. Kebalian is likened to a tree whose roots are religion (agama), the trunk is tradition (adat), and the fruits, Balinese culture (budaya). To understand how this sense of Balinese-ness came to be, Michel Picard examines the dialogues that the Balinese have engaged in both among themselves and with outsiders by conducting over a hundred interviews with Balinese opinion leaders, officials, and religious reformers. A key throughline in the construction of Kebalian is what Picard identifies as a twofold process of "religionization" and "Hinduization." This process began with the first years of the incorporation of Bali into the Dutch East Indies and became more urgent with Indonesia's independence. Kebalian today encompasses the tension between those Balinese eager to defend their customary ritual practices and advocates of Hinduism who deny that such local traditions qualify as agama. Kebalian presents a fascinating picture of religious change, identities in motion, and culture. Scholars of religion, cultural change, and Southeast Asian area studies will find this to be a fascinating and important book.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michel Picard is a retired researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a founding member of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CNRS-EHESS).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NUS Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9813252421
• ISBN 13: 9789813252424
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 472
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