{"product_id":"art-as-politics-kathleen-m-adams-9780824830724","title":"Art as Politics: Re-Crafting Identities, Tourism, and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt as Politics explores the intersection of art, identity politics, and tourism in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Based on long-term ethnographic research from the 1980s to the present, the book offers a nuanced portrayal of the Sa'dan Toraja, a predominantly Christian minority group in the world's most populous Muslim country. Celebrated in anthropological and tourism literatures for their spectacular traditional houses, sculpted effigies of the dead, and pageantry-filled funeral rituals, the Toraja have entered an era of accelerated engagement with the global economy marked by on-going struggles over identity, religion, and social relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her engaging account, Kathleen Adams chronicles how various Toraja individuals and groups have drawn upon artistically-embellished \"traditional\" objects--as well as monumental displays, museums, UNESCO ideas about \"word heritage,\" and the World Wide Web--to shore up or realign aspects of a cultural heritage perceived to be under threat. She also considers how outsiders--be they tourists, art collectors, members of rival ethnic groups, or government officials--have appropriated and reframed Toraja art objects for their own purposes. Her account illustrates how art can serve as a catalyst in identity politics, especially in the context of tourism and social upheaval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, this insightful work prompts readers to rethink persistent and pernicious popular assumptions--that tourism invariably brings a loss of agency to local communities or that tourist art is a compromised form of expression. Art as Politics promises to be a favorite with students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, ethnic relations, art, and Asian studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen M. Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824830725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824830724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.32w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 59","brand":"Kathleen M. Adams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096763867391,"sku":"9780824830724","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-as-politics-kathleen-m-adams-9780824830724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}