Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their Contribution To Austronesian Studies
Early Bugis written sources consist largely of genealogies. Assuming no significant loss of other genres, it is clear that genealogies were central to Bugis historical record keeping. The paper sets out to explain why genealogies were first written down, what purpose they served, and why they we...
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| description | Early Bugis written sources consist largely of genealogies. Assuming no
significant loss of other genres, it is clear that genealogies were central to
Bugis historical record keeping. The paper sets out to explain why
genealogies were first written down, what purpose they served, and why
they were repeatedly added to and copied. It argues that written
genealogies had no function as practical documents. Instead, they owed
their existence directly to the development of writing around 1400 CE, and
to the status that their possession conferred on their owners. The article sets
out what historians can learn from genealogies of South Sulawesi prior to
the arrival of the first Western visitors. It draws attention to a threegeneration myth of origin similar to that found in the Malay Hikayat Banjar,
and argues that this myth was central to agricultural fertility, and the right
to rule. |
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| spelling | usm-411802018-07-30T03:48:40Z http://eprints.usm.my/41180/ Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their Contribution To Austronesian Studies Caldwell, Ian Wellen, Kathryn P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Early Bugis written sources consist largely of genealogies. Assuming no significant loss of other genres, it is clear that genealogies were central to Bugis historical record keeping. The paper sets out to explain why genealogies were first written down, what purpose they served, and why they were repeatedly added to and copied. It argues that written genealogies had no function as practical documents. Instead, they owed their existence directly to the development of writing around 1400 CE, and to the status that their possession conferred on their owners. The article sets out what historians can learn from genealogies of South Sulawesi prior to the arrival of the first Western visitors. It draws attention to a threegeneration myth of origin similar to that found in the Malay Hikayat Banjar, and argues that this myth was central to agricultural fertility, and the right to rule. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41180/1/Art.-6-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-119-141.pdf Caldwell, Ian and Wellen, Kathryn (2016) Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their Contribution To Austronesian Studies. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 12 (1). pp. 119-141. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Art.-6-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-119-141.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Caldwell, Ian Wellen, Kathryn Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title | Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their
Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title_full | Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their
Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title_fullStr | Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their
Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their
Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title_short | Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies And Their
Contribution To Austronesian Studies |
| title_sort | family matters: bugis genealogies and their
contribution to austronesian studies |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/41180/ http://eprints.usm.my/41180/ http://eprints.usm.my/41180/1/Art.-6-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-119-141.pdf |