Making Blood White: Historical Transformations in Early Modern Makassar

Cummings, William

ISBN 10: 0824825136 / ISBN 13: 9780824825133

Published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Blood White: Historical Transformations in Early Modern Makassar
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824825136
• ISBN 13: 9780824825133
• Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asia

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Synopsis

In this study of early modern Makassar in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, William Cummings traces the social, cultural, and political significance of the transition from oral to literate culture in one region of Indonesia. He examines "history-making" - the ways in which the past is perceived, interpreted, and used - at a crucial moment in early modern Makassar when conceptions of history are being transformed by the advent of literacy. Central to his argument is the notion that histories are not just records or representations of the past but are themselves forces or agents capable of transforming the worlds in which humans live. Not simply structured by the prevailing social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which they are made, they also shape these contexts.

About the Author

William Cummings is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of South Florida.