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Land's End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier by Tania Murray Li

epc83's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5
Read this for school. Would I have read this book without being prompted by a class assignment, probably not. But I wasn’t dragging my feet throughout it. I think it’s pretty interesting ethnographic study of the Laurie highlanders in Indonesia. The chapter division was interesting however, I think it made the timeline a bit confusing (especially for a study that spans two decades). I was more interested in the way Lauje communities operated prior to their change to unprompted capitalist integration. I thought the ideas of work and care, and reciprocity were very unique and well demonstrated. I wish the relationship between state and the indigenous people was expanded on bit.

empc's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5
Read this for school. Would I have read this book without being prompted by a class assignment, probably not. But I wasn’t dragging my feet throughout it. I think it’s pretty interesting ethnographic study of the Laurie highlanders in Indonesia. The chapter division was interesting however, I think it made the timeline a bit confusing (especially for a study that spans two decades). I was more interested in the way Lauje communities operated prior to their change to unprompted capitalist integration. I thought the ideas of work and care, and reciprocity were very unique and well demonstrated. I wish the relationship between state and the indigenous people was expanded on bit.

talahui's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

coralie_michon's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

Regretting all the hours I spent reading and annotating this book. It could've been an article of 12 pages instead of a book of over 200 pages. I need to write a report on this book and I have no idea how I will do that, it is so all over the place. 

aznabila's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective

4.0

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