Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Soci

Description: Signs of Recognition by Webb Keane This work explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, Indonesia. The author argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Webb Keane argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be thoroughly entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. This book explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, on the Indonesian island of Sumba. Weaving together sharply observed narrative, close analysis of poetic speech and valuable objects, and far-reaching theoretical discussion, Signs of Recognition explores the risks endemic in representational practices. An awareness of risk is embedded in the very forms of ritual speech and exchange. The possibilities for failure and slippage reveal peoples mutual vulnerabilities and give words and things part of their power. Keane shows how the dilemmas posed by the effort to use and control language and objects are implicated with general problems of power, authority, and agency. He persuades us to look differently at ideas of voice and value. Integrating the analysis of words and things, this book contributes to a wide range of fields, including linguistic anthropology, cultural studies, social theory, and the studies of material culture, art, and political economy. Flap "I predict the book will be cited frequently by leaders in the field for some time to come. The analysis is exacting and the scholarship absolutely first-rate."--Kenneth M. George, author of Showing Signs of Violence "An amazing book. . . . A deeply textured and theoretically engaged ethnographic work [that] challenges the conventional analytic division between verbal and material domains."--John Pemberton, author of On the Subject of "Java" Author Biography Webb Keane is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Long Description Webb Keane argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be thoroughly entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. This book explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, on the Indonesian island of Sumba. Weaving together sharply observed narrative, close analysis of poetic speech and valuable objects, and far-reaching theoretical discussion,Signs of Recognitionexplores the risks endemic in representational practices. An awareness of risk is embedded in the very forms of ritual speech and exchange. The possibilities for failure and slippage reveal peoples mutual vulnerabilities and give words and things part of their power. Keane shows how the dilemmas posed by the effort to use and control language and objects are implicated with general problems of power, authority, and agency. He persuades us to look differently at ideas of voice and value. Integrating the analysis of words and things, this book contributes to a wide range of fields, including linguistic anthropology, cultural studies, social theory, and the studies of material culture, art, and political economy. Details ISBN0520204751 Author Webb Keane Short Title SIGNS OF RECOGNITION Pages 300 Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520204751 ISBN-13 9780520204751 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Berkerley Birth 1955 DOI 10.1604/9780520204751 UK Release Date 1997-02-01 AU Release Date 1997-02-01 NZ Release Date 1997-02-01 US Release Date 1997-02-01 Publication Date 1997-02-01 DEWEY 306.09598 Illustrations 10 photos. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159845558;

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