Haunted Houses and Ghostly Encounters

Presents a history of Western ethnography of animism in East Timor during the Portuguese period. Covering a selection of seminal 19th- and 20th-century ethnographies, the author explores the relationship between spiritual beliefs, colonial administration, ethnographic interests and fieldwork experience.

Prezinta o istorie a etnografiei occidentale a animismului in Timorul de Est in perioada portugheza. Acoperind o selectie de etnografii seminale din secolele XIX si XX, autorul exploreaza relatia dintre credintele spirituale, administratia coloniala, interesele etnografice si experienta de lucru pe teren.