Book
Feasts of honor: ritual and change in the Toraja Highlands
University of Illinois Press • (16) • Published In 1985 • Pages: xi, 216
By: Volkman, Toby Alice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book focuses on the village of To' Dama' located in the Mount Sesean area on the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia. Much of the information gathered in this document revolves around Mama' Agus (one of the author's primary informants) and her family, told against the broad outline of the history of the Toraja highlands, and an analysis of Toraja society and rituals (primarily funerary). 'It is a local history that emerges through the eyes of the people of To' Dama' and the surrounding area, a history in which symbols, ritual performances, and social processes are reinterpreted and charged with new meaning in a profoundly changing world' (p. 8).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cult of the dead
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Southern Toraja
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- To' Dama' village, Mount Sesean area, Celebes, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Toby Alice Volkman
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. -- Cornell University, 1980): The pig has eaten the vegetables
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84016123
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toraja (Indonesian people)