About this title: Hard Bargaining in Sumatra is an artfully written and penetrating examination of interactions between Western travelers and Toba Batak wood carvers in the souvenir marketplaces of Samosir Island, North Sumatra. Toba Batak carvings, ranging from simple human figures of wood to elaborately engraved water buffalo horns, are described in tourist guidebooks and by Toba Batak vendors alike as "traditional" and "antique," despite many recent changes and inventions in form. This pathbreaking work investigates how notions of place and self are constructed by the travelers and the Bataks in the context ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press., Honolulu.
Date Published: 2003.
ISBN-13:9780824827472ISBN:0824827473
Description: Map, colour photographic plates, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 292pp, notes, glossary, references, index, paperback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Date Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN-13:9780824827472ISBN:0824827473
Description: Good. All books in Acceptable-Good condition. Books may NOT include Online Access Codes (InfoTrac, MyEconLab). Books MAY contain highliting/bent pages. We ship M-F. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780824827472ISBN:0824827473
Description: Fine (New) 9" x 6" ix, 292 pages, 15 colour plates, 14 black & white. From the publisher: "Hard Bargaining in Sumatra is an artfully written and penetrating examination of interactions between Western travelers and Toba Batak wood carvers in the souvenir marketplaces of Samosir Island, North Sumatra. Toba Batak carvings, ranging from simple human figures of wood to elaborately engraved water buffalo horns, are described in tourist guidebooks and by Toba Batak vendors alike as "traditional" and ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Hawaii Press
Date Published: 10/1/2003
ISBN-13:9780824827472ISBN:0824827473
Description: Very Good. 0824827473. This book is in very good condition; with remainder mark. It does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. read more
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