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The social history of an Indonesian townBook 1975 • Geertz, Clifford
Javanese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source traces the social history of the town of Modjokuto and its rural environs from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth. The source contains descriptions of the development ...The religion of JavaBook 1960 • Geertz, Clifford
Javanese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source is a detailed descriptive account of Javanese religion in Modjokuto. It is divided into three sections. The section on Abangan religion includes information on the slametan rituals...Form and variation in Balinese village structurearticle 1959 • Geertz, Clifford
Balinese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document is a clearly written and well organized study on Balinese social structure at the village level. The author throughout the text points out the difficulties in constructing a 'rep...Economic development in Tabananbook chapter 1963 • Geertz, Clifford
Balinese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document is one long chapter extracted from a book in which Clifford Geertz contrasts socioeconomic change in the Indonesian towns of Modjokuto (in Java) and Tabanan (Bali). The document ...Tihinganessay 1967 • Geertz, Clifford
Balinese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book chapter describes a Balinese village in Indonesia. It provides detailed information on rice farming, organization of within the houshold and neighborhood groups, marriage rules, vill...Kinship in BaliBook 1975 • Geertz, Hildred & Geertz, Clifford
Balinese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book is concerned with the use of kinship in the social structure of the Balinese, Indonesia. Based on analytical description of the operation of kinship symbolization in Balinese life, t...