book "Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali"
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"Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali" is an influential anthropological study by Clifford Geertz that interprets Balinese kingship and ritual as a form of symbolic, theatrical politics rather than conventional statecraft.
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| book "Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali" canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Southeast Asian studies
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anthropology ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| argument | Balinese kingship is organized as a theatrical, ritual performance rather than conventional bureaucratic statecraft ⓘ |
| author | Clifford Geertz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
ritual performance
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symbolic politics ⓘ theatre state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject | Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
court ceremonies
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royal rituals ⓘ spectacle and display ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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political anthropology ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretive approaches to the state
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studies of ritual and politics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
scholars
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students of anthropology ⓘ students of political theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bali
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Balinese kingship ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its detailed ethnographic description of Balinese court life
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reconceptualizing the state as performance ⓘ |
| partOf | Clifford Geertz's body of work on Indonesia ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus |
Indonesia
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Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Agricultural Involution
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Islam Observed NERFINISHED ⓘ The Interpretation of Cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
interpretive anthropology
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symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
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