Contentment and Suffering. Culture and Experience in Toraja.
New York. Columbia University Press. 1994. Stock ID #173109 "Contentment and Suffering, a psychocultural ethnography of the Toraja wet-rice farmers of Indonesia, provides a rich portrait of Torajan life and contributes to debates on the relationship between culture and individual psychology. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173109.
Map, black and white illustrations, xiii + 276pp, index, references, notes, glossary, signature half-title, two small marks fore edge, paperback cover extremities lightly worn, still a good copy.
Hollan and Wellenkamp describe the central aspects of Torajan personal experience -emotion, identity, and sense of self- and a variety of fascinating cultural practices, including possession trance, kickfights, elaborate mortuary customs, dream interpretation, and buffalo sacrifice.
Presenting exceptionally detailed ethnographic data through a person-centered perspective and extensive use of open-ended interviews, Contentment and Suffering engagingly expresses how the Toraja understand their lives." - Publisher's description.
Price: $33.00 AU