TY - JOUR
T1 - Installing the 'outsider' inside
T2 - The exploration of an epistemic Austronesian cultural theme and its social significance
AU - Fox, James J.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper examines ten narratives of the 'outsider' who is received and installed inside, thus reordering precedence among an autochthonous population that has received him into their midst. Based on an opposition between the categories of 'inside' and 'outside', these diverse narratives are drawn from across the Austronesian-speaking world from Sumatra through Timor to Fiji. They illustrate one, among several, distinctive Austronesian epistemologies of origin - one often relied upon to distinguish a ruler from those who are ruled.
AB - This paper examines ten narratives of the 'outsider' who is received and installed inside, thus reordering precedence among an autochthonous population that has received him into their midst. Based on an opposition between the categories of 'inside' and 'outside', these diverse narratives are drawn from across the Austronesian-speaking world from Sumatra through Timor to Fiji. They illustrate one, among several, distinctive Austronesian epistemologies of origin - one often relied upon to distinguish a ruler from those who are ruled.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=49149117774&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13639810802267942
DO - 10.1080/13639810802267942
M3 - Article
SN - 1363-9811
VL - 36
SP - 201
EP - 218
JO - Indonesia and the Malay World
JF - Indonesia and the Malay World
IS - 105
ER -