In the Realm of the Diamond Queen

Marginality in an Out-of-the-Way Place

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

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Princeton University Press
31 January 1994

Feminism & feminist theory; Indigenous peoples; Anthropology

This ethnographical work challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but all those who study culture to reconsider some of their assumptions. By choosing to locate her study among Meratus Dayaks, a marginal group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the author deliberately sets into motion the familiar and stubborn urban fantasies of self and other. Unusual encounters with remarkably creative and unconventional tribespeople provide the opportunity to rethink notions of tradition, community, culture, power and gender. Engaging the Meratus people in wider conversations involving Indonesian bureaucrats, family planners, international development, Javanese soldiers, American and French feminists, Asian-Americans, right-to-life advocates and Western intellectuals, the author looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture, but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to voice their own opinions.

By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780691000510
ISBN 10: 0691000514
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 31 January 1994
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PrefaceOpening: In the Realm of the Diamond Queen3Pt. 1Politics of the Periphery391Marginal Fictions512Government Headhunters723Family Planning104Pt. 2A Science of Travel1214Leadership Landscapes1275Conditions of Living1546On the Boundary of the Skin178Pt. 3Riding the Horse of Gaps2077Alien Romance2138Riding, Writing2309The History of the World253Reprise285Notes303References Cited311Index335

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is coeditor, with Faye Ginsburg, of Uncertain Terms: Negotiating Gender in American Culture (Beacon).

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Winner of the 1994 Harry J. Benda Prize, Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies Honorable Mention for the 1994 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, Society for Humanistic Anthropology and American Anthropological Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1994

Commended for Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing 1994 (United States)
Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1994
Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1994.
Runner-up for Victor Turner Prize 1994
Runner-up for Victor Turner Prize 1994.
Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1994 (United States)
Winner of Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast Asian Studies 1994.
Winner of Harry J. Benda Prize of the Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies 1994 (United States)