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James A. Boon

Affinities and Extremes

Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture, and Indo-European Allure

264 pages, 6 halftones     © 1990

Cloth $75.00

ISBN: 9780226064611   Published June 1990

Paper $26.00

ISBN: 9780226064635   Published April 1990

Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines.
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