About this title: Located at the juncture of literature, history, and anthropology, "Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future "charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy inscribed ...
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Description: Soft cover. In Good condition with previous owner's notes and highlighting to text, head of spine bumped and some wear to covers. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780822316220ISBN:0822316226
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Lower corner front cover slightly bumped.; 15 x 24 cm.; pg. xviii, 449; List of maps and figures, introduction, appendixes, bibliography, index. "Located at the juncture of literature, history, and anthropology, [this book] charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy inscribed in ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780822316053ISBN:0822316056
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Small felt-tip mark lower edge.; 16 x 25 cm.; pg. xviii, 449; List of maps and figures, introduction, appendixes, bibliography, index. "Located at the juncture of literature, history, and anthropology, [this book] charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy inscribed in the ... read more
Description: Durham, Duke Univ. Press, 1995. Cloth, maps, illust., pp. xviii, 449. Remainder mark on lower edge else fine. ISBN 0-8223-1605-6. "...charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy [Babad Jaka Tingkir, the History of Jaka Tingkir] inscribed in the nineteenth century by a royal Javanese exile-working through this ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780822316220ISBN:0822316226
Description: Very Good+ 0822316226. Signed with a personal inscription by the author; 1.34 x 9.21 x 6.14 Inches; 464 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: F First Edition
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham, NC
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780822316220ISBN:0822316226
Description: Fine. 8vo xviii (i), 449 pp, list of b&w maps & figures, acknowledgments, a note on manuscripts (spelling, pronunciations, and translations), introduction, 6 chapters, conclusion, appendix I-IV, glossary, bibliography, index. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia in text. Wraps. ~Click on BOOKSTORES to browse our extensive listings of similar titles in Anthropology~ read more
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