Tales from a Charmed Life: A Balinese Painter Reminisces

by Hildred Geertz and Ida Bagus Made Togog

Tales from a Charmed Life is the last in a trilogy of works by Hildred Geertz exploring the complexity of Balinese history, religion, and society. A landmark study by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of Indonesia, it centers around the stories and paintings of Ida Bagus Mad? Togog (1913-1989), an artist and ritual specialist who played a significant role in the history of Balinese ethnography. In the 1930s, Togog was central to Mead...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828224
• ISBN13: 9780824828226
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 9.6"