{"product_id":"visible-and-invisible-realms-power-magic-and-colonial-conquest-in-bali","title":"Visible and Invisible Realms: Power  Magic  and Colonial Conquest in Bali","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1908  the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and more than 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. The question of what their action meant and its continued significance in contemporary Klungkung forms the basis of Margaret Wieners complex anthropolological history.  Wiener challenges colonial and academic claims that Klungkung had no \"real\" power and argues that such claims enabled colonial domination. By focusing on Balinese discourses she makes clear the choices open to Balinese  both at the time of the Dutch conquest and in its narration. At the same time  she shows how these discourses  which revolve around magical weapons acquired from invisible agents such as gods  spirits  and ancestors  offer an alternative understanding of Klungkungs power.  Moving between Balinese and Dutch narratives and between past and present  Wiener critiques colonial accounts by recounting Balinese memories and interpretations. Her attention to history and local situations illuminates the ways in which colonialism and orientalist scholarship have obscured the power of indigenous rulers and shows how Klungkung  once Balis paramount realm  was relegated to a peripheral corner of the Indonesian nation-state. Both as a fascinating story and as a rich example of interdisciplinary scholarship  this book will interest students of colonialism  anthropology  history  religion  and Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986482163765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226885828","price":85.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226885827.jpg?v=1770906797","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/visible-and-invisible-realms-power-magic-and-colonial-conquest-in-bali","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}