Recent Publications by Research School CNWS

Danielle C. Geirnaert - Martin
The Woven Land of Laboya, CNWS Publications no. 11, xxxv + 449 pp, ills., maps. ISBN 90-73782-13-9
The role of fabrics in Indonesia is a field of study in itself and is being treated by numerous scholars all over the world. In this study Danielle Geirnaert discusses the relationship between textiles and housebuilding in connection with the ideas and values of the Laboya society, West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia. Along with motifs and colours, the meaning of different techniques, the division of labour between men and women, and the relatioship between the textiles and their role in ordinary life and during ritual, receive special attention.

Freek Colombijn
Patches of Padang: the history of an Indonesian town in the twentieth century and the use of urban space, CNWS Publications 19, xiii + 428 pp., iils., maps. ISBN 90-73782-23-6
Padang in West Sumatra, is the centre of the Minangkabau people. In 1920 it had a population of 38,000 inhabitants, in 1990 this had grown to 600,000. The modern development of this city is sketched in this study, while a number of modern sociological theories about urban development are discussed and tested against the actual situation in Padang.

Jarich G. Oosten (ed.)
Text and Tales, CNWS Publication 22, 144 pp. ISBN 90-73782- 27-9
This volume is a collection of papers presented at the PhD seminars on oral traditions organized by the CNWS in Leiden. The central focus of the book is on the interpretation and explanation of oral traditions in relation to their ethnographic context. Articles on Indonesia are on Ngaju Kaharingan religion by Sri Tjahjani Kuhnt-Saptodewo, the Kerinci of Sumatra by Jet Bakels, and the Karo Batak by Juara Rimantha Ginting and Beatriz van der Goes.

W. Boot (ed.)
Literatuur en tweetaligheid, CNWS Publications 25, 201 pp. ISBN 90-73782-29-5
This volume in Dutch presents a number of contributions about phenomena encountered in bilingual milieus. One article by J.J. Ras focuses on Javanese and describes bilingualism in the development of the Javanese written tradition from its beginning up to the present.

Reimar Schefold (ed.) Minahasa Past and Present, tradition and transition in an outer island region of Indonesia, CNWS Publications 28, 128 pp. ISBN 90-73782-33- 3
Eight contributions on the Minahasa area of North Sulawesi, introduced by Reimar Schefold focus on the position of the district in the past and in the present.

All correspondence should be addressed to:
Dr F.E. Tjon Sie Fat
editor-in-chief CNWS Publications
c/o Research School CNWS
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands