Book
Ethnic identity, Christian conversion and resettlement among the Forest Tobelo of northeastern Halmahera, Indonesia
[s.n.] • [S.L.] • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Duncan, Christopher R..
Abstract
This document is a study of how conversion to Christianity and resettlement in coastal villages have affected the ethnic identity of the Forest Tobelo, a formerly nomadic hunter-gather group of the forest interior of Halmahera Island. Instead of merging with the demographically dominant coastal farming communities with whom they share a language, traditional history and religious experience, the abrupt transitions experienced by the Forest Tobelo actually served to strengthen their sense of being a culturally distinct ethnic community, based on their lived experience of forest dwelling and of being discriminated against by their village-dwelling neighbors.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field Date
- 1995-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1988-1996
- Coverage Place
- Tanjung Lili, East Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia
- Notes
- by Christopher Robert Duncan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-439)
- Thesis (PhD)--Yale, 1998
- LCSH
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)