The Potent Dead: Ancestors, Saints and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia

ASAA Southeast Asian Publications Series

by Henri Chambert-Loir (Editor), Anthony Reid

The Potent Dead is a collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history, and anthropology that examines the death practices and rituals of tribal groups in Indonesia. It covers an important area of cultural and social history in Indonesia, with pieces linking the death practices of so-called tribal groups with historical changes in the country, from on-going changes in Islam to the roles of forms of modernity.

Genres: Death

269 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002