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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786029797190
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (971 download)
Download or read book Myth, Magic, and Mystery in Bali written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Owen Davies
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191623881
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Magic: A Very Short Introduction written by Owen Davies and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, many people often shy away from providing a detailed definition, assuming it is generally understood as the human control of supernatural forces. 'Magic' continues to pervade the popular imagination and idiom. People feel comfortable with its contemporary multiple meanings, unaware of the controversy, conflict, and debate its definition has caused over two and a half millennia. In common usage today 'magic' is uttered in reference to the supernatural, superstition, illusion, trickery, religious miracles, fantasies, and as a simple superlative. The literary confection known as 'magical realism' has considerable appeal and many modern scientists have ironically incorporated the word into their vocabulary, with their 'magic acid', 'magic bullets' and 'magic angles'. Since the so-called European Enlightenment magic has often been seen as a marker of primitivism, of a benighted earlier stage of human development. Yet across the modern globalized world hundreds of millions continue to resort to magic - and also to fear it. Magic provides explanations and remedies for those living in extreme poverty and without access to alternatives. In the industrial West, with its state welfare systems, religious fundamentalists decry the continued moral threat posed by magic. Under the guise of neo-Paganism, its practice has become a religion in itself. Magic continues to be a truly global issue. This Very Short Introduction does not attempt to provide a concluding definition of magic: it is beyond simple definition. Instead it explores the many ways in which magic, as an idea and a practice, has been understood and employed over the millennia. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : C. Hooykaas
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004666400
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Drawings of Balinese Sorcery written by C. Hooykaas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miguel Covarrubias
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146291747X
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Island of Bali written by Miguel Covarrubias and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island of Bali is now available with a foreword by Professor Adrian Vickers which puts the book into context for a modern audience. First published in 1937, Island of Bali is still regarded by many as the most authoritative text on Bali and its fascinating people. Included is a wealth of information on the daily life, art, customs and religion of this magical "Island of the Gods." In the author's own words it presents a "bird's-eye view of Balinese life and culture." Miguel Covarrubias, the author, was a noted painter and caricaturist as well as a student of anthropology. He lived in Bali for a total of three years in the early 1930s, and today his account is as fresh and insightful as it was when it was originally published. Introducing the island with a survey of hits history, geography and social structure, Covarrubias goes on to present a captivating picture of Balinese art, music and drama. Religion, witchcraft, death and cremation are also covered. Island of Bali will appeal to anyone with interest in this unique island, from general Eat, Pray, Love readers to serious anthropologist alike. Complementing the text are 90 drawings by Covarrubias and countless others by Balinese artists. Also included are 114 half-tone photographs, and five full-color paintings by the author.
Author : Horst H. Geerken
Publisher : Penerbit Buku Kompas
ISBN 13 : 9789797095543
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (955 download)
Download or read book A Magic Gecko written by Horst H. Geerken and published by Penerbit Buku Kompas. This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christiaan Hooykaas
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004037977
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Religion in Bali written by Christiaan Hooykaas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1973 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non Aboriginal material.
Author : Michael Hitchcock
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351144464
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Tourism, Development and Terrorism in Bali written by Michael Hitchcock and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates tourism as a form of globalization within the context of the island of Bali, which has been voted the world's top island destination for the third time running by American travellers. The volume covers the onset of the Asian Crisis, the largest stock-market crash since the Great Depression. The authors chart the turbulence that has afflicted the island at a time of market uncertainty and global political strife and analyze the responses of Bali's business and community leaders to the crises that have buffeted the island since the fall of Suharto. In particular, the book analyzes crisis management with regard to the Bali Bombings, the impact of the bombings on the tourism development cycle and investigates the motives of the bombers. The authors argue that the actions of the bombers can best be understood with regard to the rise of political Islam as a global issue and the book breaks new ground with an analysis of the bombers' global experiences. The book also examines home-grown resistance to certain aspects of globalization, notably the attempt to turn Besakih, the island's mother temple, into a World Heritage Site and top tourist destination.
Download or read book The Crisis written by and published by . This book was released on 1988-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color. For nearly 100 years, The Crisis has been the magazine of opinion and thought leaders, decision makers, peacemakers and justice seekers. It has chronicled, informed, educated, entertained and, in many instances, set the economic, political and social agenda for our nation and its multi-ethnic citizens.
Author : David J. Stuart-Fox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986335112
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Pray, Magic, Heal written by David J. Stuart-Fox and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred B. Eiseman
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900925
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Bali: Sekala & Niskala written by Fred B. Eiseman and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book on Bali for the serious visitor…Has the freshness of personal experience."--Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University In Bali, what you see--sekala--is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see what is occult--niskala--is the doctrine underlying the pageants, the code underlying the rites, and the magic underlying the dance. In this book, author Fred Eiseman explores both tangibles and intangibles in the realm of Balinese religion, ritual, and performing arts. The essays collected here topics ranging from Hindu mythology to modern gamelan music. Eiseman's approach is that of a dedicated reporter in love with his subject--he has the knowledge and patience to explain the near-infinite permutations of the Balinese calendar, and yet he is still moved by the majesty of the great Eka Dasa Rudra ceremony. The author's 28 years experience on the island shows and this book rewards close reading--even by the most seasoned students of Balinese culture.
Author : Anthony J. Whitten
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462905048
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Ecology of Java & Bali written by Anthony J. Whitten and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ecology of Java and Bali is a comprehensive ecological survey of two of the most ecologically diverse islands in the Pacific. It also contains the results of original research, interviews and personal experience. It will be useful to resource managers, ecologists and government planners, as well as to all others interested in the region. Java and Bali are the best known of all the islands in the Indonesian archipelago. Nowhere else in the country are ecological issues of such importance, and nowhere else is there a better chance of the major development problems being solved. This is because Java has the greatest concentration of development projects, the densest population, excellent human resources, and the interest of many of the most powerful decision makers. Bali, meanwhile, has the eyes of the world on it as an important tourist destination enjoyed by both domestic and foreign visitors.
Author : Nandadeva Wijesekera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Deities and Demons, Magic and Masks written by Nandadeva Wijesekera and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beliefs and customs of Sri Lanka.
Author : Adrian Vickers
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900089
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Bali: A Paradise Created written by Adrian Vickers and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Island of Bali--a true paradise is explored in this classic travelogue. From the artists and writers of the 1930s to the Eat, Pray, Love tours so popular today, Bali has drawn hoards of foreign visitors and transplants to its shores. What makes Bali so special, and how has it managed to preserve its identity despite a century of intense pressure from the outside world? Bali: A Paradise Created bridges the gap between scholarly works and more popular travel accounts. It offers an accessible history of this fascinating island and an anthropological study not only of the Balinese, but of the paradise-seekers from all parts of the world who have traveled to Bali in ever-increasing numbers over the decades. This Bali travelogue shows how Balinese culture has pervaded western film, art, literature and music so that even those who've never been there have enjoyed a glimpse of paradise. This authoritative, much-cited work is now updated with new photos and illustrations, a new introduction, and new text covering the past twenty years.
Author : Joe Cribb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Magic Coins of Java, Bali, and the Malay Peninsula written by Joe Cribb and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134622325
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Bali Tourism written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Bali has long been characterized in the West as the last “paradise” on earth, but there is far more to this small Indonesian province. Bali Tourism presents an enlightening ethnographic study of some of the most important icons—for tourists and locals alike—in Balinese culture and society and explores the growth of this island as an “exotic” vacation destination. In addition, it offers a firsthand look at many aspects of daily life, a semiotic analysis of its dominant cultural symbols, and insights into tourists’ perceptions of Bali. A thirty page photo section offers a unique glimpse at this remarkable island. Through a distinctive use of cultural analysis and psychoanalytic modes of interpretation, Bali Tourism offers an in-depth study of Balinese tourism, society, and character. This handy, easy-to-read text is an essential overview of what the island has to offer tourists and looks at the exciting possibilities—and the potential pitfalls—of visiting this extraordinary land. The book paints a vivid portrait of this country’s hidden gems and popular tourist destinations, exploring the ways visitors see Bali—and how the Balinese see visitors—as well as the promise and problems Bali faces in developing its tourism industry. Bali Tourism is an ideal book to read before visiting Bali yourself—or recommending/planning a trip for others. The fresh insights it presents will help make any trip to the region more rewarding for the traveler. It is also a unique scholarly resource, complete with informative tables, references, and a bibliography, for academics and students at all levels of tourism studies.
Author : D Dennis Hudson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019536922X
Total Pages : 687 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Body of God written by D Dennis Hudson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Hudson died without completing 'The Body of God', the work has been edited and brought to fruition by Margaret Case. The book is a detailed study of a renowned Tamil Hindu temple, the Vaikuntha Perumal (ca. 770 CE). Hudson uses this temple as an illustration of a major current and historical stage in South Indian Vaisnava religion.
Author : Yose Kristianto
Publisher : Yose Kristianto
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Bali Travel Guide Ebook: Covering the Essentials written by Yose Kristianto and published by Yose Kristianto. This book was released on 2024-11-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bali Travel Guide Ebook: Covering the Essentials is your complete guide to exploring the island. In this 170-page ebook, you'll find everything you need for an unforgettable trip, including information on visa requirements and currency exchange. Discover a variety of places to stay that suit every budget and preference, along with must-visit attractions that showcase Bali's unique beauty. Explore exciting activities, whether you're seeking adventure, cultural experiences, or a chance to relax. This guide will help you navigate your journey and make the most of your time in Bali.
