Table of Contents  
 List of Illustrations 
Acknowledgments 
A Note on Spelling 
Introduction 
Linda H. Connor Raechelle Rubinstein 
The Discourse of Kebalian: Transcultural 
Constructions of Balinese Identity 
Michel Picard 
Making Local History in New Order Bali: 
Public Culture and the Politics of the Past 
Margaret J. Wiener 
Democratic Mobilization and Political 
Authoritarianism: Tourism Developments in Bali Putu Suasta 
Linda H. Connor 
Acting Global, Thinking Local in a Balinese Tourist Town 
Graeme Macrae 
People of the Mountains, People of the Sea: 
Negotiating the Local and the Foreign in Bali Thomas A. Reuter 
Status Struggles and the Priesthood in 
Contemporary Bali 
I Gde Pitana 
``Eating Threads'': Brocades as Cash Crop for 
Weaving Mothers and Daughters in Bali Ayami Nakatani 
Education for the Performing Arts: Contesting 
and Mediating Identity in Contemporary Bali Brett Hough 
The End of the World News: Articulating 
Television in Bali 
Mark Hobart 
Glossary 
References 
Contributors 
Index