The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste (Hardcover, 0)

During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor, thousands of people died, or were killed, in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed. Since the nation's independence, families and communities have invested considerable time, effort and resources in fulfilling their obligations to the dead. These obligations are imbued with urgency because the dead are ascribed agency and can play a benevolent or malevolent role in the lives of the living. These grassroots initiatives run, sometimes critically, in parallel with official programs that seek to transform particular dead bodies into public symbols of heroism, sacrifice and nationhood. The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste focuses on the dynamic interplay between the potent presence of the dead in everyday life and their symbolic usefulness to the state. It underlines how the dead shape relationships amongst families, communities and the nation-state, and open an important window into - are in fact pivotal to - processes of state and nation formation.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	October 2020
Editors:	Lia Kent • Rui Feij o
Contributors:	Elizabeth G. Traube • Susanne Matos Viegas • Michael Leach • Alessandro Boarccaech • Damian Grengell • Victoria Kumala Sakti • Andrey Damaledo • Soren Blau
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	326
Edition:	0
ISBN-13:	978-9463724319
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	9463724311
Barcode:	9789463724319

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