The Land of Gold: Post-Conflict Recovery and Cultural Revival in Independent Timor-Leste

by Judith M. Bovensiepen

Book Overview

In the village of Funar, located in the central highlands of Timor-Leste, the disturbing events of the twenty-four-year-long Indonesian occupation are rarely articulated in narratives of suffering. Instead, the highlanders emphasize the significance of their return to the sacred land of the ancestors, a place where "gold" is abundant and life is thought to originate. On one hand, this collective amnesia is due to villagers' exclusion from contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877277672
• ISBN13: 9780877277675
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher