More Than Words by Richard Fox PAPERBACK 9781501725357

More Than Words\nby Richard Fox\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Richard Fox\nTitle: More Than Words\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural anthropology\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2018\nISBN-13: 9781501725357\nISBN-10: 1501725351\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nGrounded in ethnographic and archival research on the Indonesian island of Bali, More Than Words challenges conventional understandings of textuality and writing as they pertain to the religious traditions of Southeast Asia. Through a nuanced study of Balinese script as employed in rites of healing, sorcery, and self-defense, Richard Fox explores the aims and desires embodied in the production and use of palm-leaf manuscripts, amulets, and other inscribed objects. \nBaline.