Books

ARCHITECTURE

Wijaya, Made. Balinese Architecture: Towards an Encyclopedia, Vols. I and II. Bali, 1980. The most extensive survey yet of Balinese architecture, written by a famous landscape architect who has lived the past 20 years on Bali.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Belo, Jane. Transitional Balinese Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972. An anthology of articles including a study of how children are treated on Bali.
Geertz, Hildred, and Clifford Geertz. Kinship in Bali. Ithaca: University of Chicago Press, 1967. Two renowned anthropologists' study of Bali's involved social system.
Jensen, Gordon D., and Luh Ketut Suryani. The Balinese People: A Reinvestigation of the Balinese Character. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. Co-authored by a Balinese, this wonderful book takes a refreshing look at the Balinese character from a Balinese perspective. The authors scrutinize Mead and Bateman's conclusions of the 1930s, as documented in their The Balinese Character (1942), and overturn them one by one.
Jensen, Gordon D., and Luh Ketut Suryani. Trance and Possession in Bali: A window on Western Multiple Personality, Possession Disorder; and Suicide. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. The authors describe the psycho-social experiences of the Bali-nese in trance-possession states during tra-ditional healing, dance, drama, and gamelan performances, as well as in several mental disorders.
Kertonegoro, Madi. The Spirit Journey to the Ball Aga, Tenganan Pegringsingan. Indonesia: Harkat Foundation, 1986. An unusual book which collects the traditions, ceremonies, and lost legends of Tenganan village, eastern Bali, the home of the "original" Balinese.
Lansing, J. Stephan. The Three Worlds of Bali. New York: Praiger Publishers, 1983. Contains an outstanding discussion of water temples and their function in a rice-growing culture.
State and Society in Bali: Historical Textual and Anthropological Approaches. Edited by Hil-dred Geertz. Leiden: KTLV press, 1991. Seven interdisciplinary essays by eminent Baliologists analyze texts, temples, institu-tions, theater performances, and rituals in the context of the society as a whole. In contrast to previous Bali research, these studies put more emphasis on historical background and pay close attention to local Balinese per-spectives.
Warren, Carol. Adat and Dinas: Balinese Communities in the Indonesian State. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. A carefully researched ethnographic work dealing with the relationship between the local communities in Bali and the Indonesian state. Warren is particularly elegant when she describes ways in which the banjar functions as a social, ritual, and administrative entity.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stuart-Fox, David. Bibilography of Bali: Publications from 1920 to 1990. Leiden: KTLV Press, 1995. Contains almost 8,000 titles of books, articles, and periodicals about Bali published in the last 70 years. Covers all fields of study (110 subject categones) and includes publications in Indonesian and foreign languages. Author index, corporate and project index, and subject index provide extensive and detailed access to the titles listed. The main libraries where the materials can be found are identified in the introduction.

ECONOMY

McCarthy, John. Are Sweet Dreams Made of This? Australia: IRIP, Norcote, 1995. A fascinating account of the impact of tourism on local Balinese communities. It looks sharpIy at Bali's tourism boom, tourist types, sex and AIDS, who benefits from tourism, and tourism's affect on Bali's culture and environment. A provocative must-read for all Balinists.

FOOD

von Holzen, Heinz, and Lother Arsana. The Food of Bali: Authentic Recipes from the Island of the Gods. Singapore: Periplus Edi-tions, 1995. Real Balinese cooking is seldom served in hotels or restaurants. Includes an extensive introduction, the intricacies of preparing sauces and condiments, and easy-to-follow receipes and techniques for prepar-ing unusual and traditional dishes.

GUIDEBOOKS

Bali: Island of the Gods. Edited by Eric Oey. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1995. A complete guide with hundreds of pages of travel tips articles on Balinese history, art and culture. Also includes 30 maps, scores of color photographs, information on how to get around, and where to get the best value for your money.
Baedeker Bali, 2nd edition. Edited by Alec Court. Baedeker, 1995. Includes hundreds of photographs and detailed maps to towns, sights, museums, galleries. Also offers A to Z listing of places to visit, hotel and restaurant recommendations, shopping, entertainment. Comes in durable plastic cover.
Beshra, Mark. Eating Bali: The Complete Restaurant Guide. Singapore: Times Books International, 1990. An honest source of information for the gourmand. Humorously eval-uates over 200 restaurants in the island's six tourist areas. Restaurants are graded on their food, service, atmosphere, sanitation, and price. Includes maps, photos, plus a list of 59 restaurants to avoid. The information in this book, published in 1990, is only about 60% accurate now.
Black, Star, and Willard A. Hanna. Insight Guides: Bali. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. This fascinating photographic overview has been a classic from the day it first left the presses in 1970. The latest edition presents the history, culture, arts, dance and drama, and people of Bali. In the back there's an expanded section of detailed travel tips, food, hotels, special events, and other informa-tion. Since it tries to be an all-in-one guide-book-lavishly illustrated with art and photos-many visitors feel it is to heavy to lug around and they will buy it for its souvenir value after their trip.
Blackwood, Sir Robert. Beautiful Bali. Melbourne, Australia: Hampden Hall, 1970. An in-troduction to the island, its history, its places of interest, its people, their way of life, and their art forms. One of the earliest guidebooks to Bali. Illustrated.
Eiseman, Fred. B. Jr. Bali and Lombok. Prentice Hall Travel, 1993. User-friendly and handy-sized, this guide is packed with information on culture, sights, people, shopping, eating, ac-commodations, plus maps.
Fischer, Edith Andrea. Bali: A World of its Own. Self-published, Australia, 1991. Aimed at the cultural tourist, Fischer explains in a matter-of-fact, straightforward way Bali's history, leg-ends, philosophy, people, and culture.
Hogan, Rae. Guide to Bali. Sydney, Australia: Paul Hamlyn, 1974. An excellent, very early guidebook-now serving as an historical document-containing color and black and white photographs, maps, and numerous illustra-tions. The first good guidebook to Bali.
Kooiker, Hunt. Bali by Bicycle. Arizona: Cosmic Dragon Publications, 1977. A concise booklet which describes how one can explore Bali by bicycle. With the help of two short bemo rides to scale the central mountains, one can accomplish a beautiful, mostly level or downhill 200-km circle trip of Bali by bicycle. Unfortunately out of print.
Muller, Kal. Underwater Indonesia: A Guide to the World's Greatest Diving. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1992. The first dive guide available on the archipelago. Includes hun-dreds of beautiful color photographs of marine species found across some of the richest tropical waters in the world. Detailed maps show the location of drop-offs, wrecks, and coral gardens. All major sites on Bali are well covered, with complete information on how to get to dive spots. Listings of scuba opera-tors, as well as prices and hotels, are found at the end of each geographical section.
Santosa, Silvio. Bali Pathfinder. Ubud: Bina Wisata Tourist Office, 1995. A detailed and well-illustrated booklet to the Ubud area. Very helpful map.
Wheeler, Tony, and James Lyon. A Travel Survival Kit: Bali & Lombok. Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1994. A popular travel guide to Bali and the neighboring island of Lombok. Excellent travel information with ex-tensive restaurant listings, 49 maps, a 32-page color guide to arts and crafts, and an Indonesian language section and glossary.
Wijaya, Made. Insight Pocket Guides: Bali. Singapore: Apa Publications, 1995. Includes a brief historical and cultural introduction, prac-tical and easy-to-follow itineraries, and the author's favorite restaurants and shops. A slim, handy guide recommended for a short stay.

HANDICRAFTS

Donald Friend's Bali. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1990. A catalog of an exhibition of Balinese art collected by Donald Friend during his 15 years in Bali, re-flecting the artist's passion for the exotic and the unusual.
Eiseman, Fred. Woodcarvings of Bali. Periplus Editions, Singapore, 1988. An introduction to the centuries-old Balinese woodcarving tradition. Traces the history of the highly devel-oped craft from the earliest Buddhist influences, the classical period of the 9th to 16th centuries, and finally Bali's modern period of experimentation. Exceptional coverage, with numerous excellent color photos of carvings and their artists. Even the trees and woods of Bali are included.
Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta, Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff, and Urs Ramseyer. Textiles in Bali. Swiss ethnologists chronicle the breadth of Bali's social classes, regional groupings, ceremonial and religious rituals as seen through the island's myriad woven arts-from simple poleng and ikat to more complicated songket and gringsing. The only reference work on the full range of Balinese textiles, covering the history, meaning, and production methods. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs.
Ramseyer, Urs. The Art and Culture of Bali. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1986. This large format book explains the social, religious, and philosophical concepts that rule the lives of the Balinese and find their expression in their paintings, temples, folk art, rit-ual offerings, music, dance, and dramatic arts. Overwhelming detail and magnificently illustrated with photographs keyed to the text. Written by the former head of the Indonesian Collection at the Basle Museum of Ethnology, Switzerland. Ramseyer conducted his field research in east Bali and in villages around the foot of Gunung Agung, so his work has a bias to the cultural practices of that region of Bali.

HISTORY

The Birthmark Memories of a Balinese Prince Dr. A.A.M. Djelantik

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Frederick, R. An Account of the Island of Bali Vol.8 of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Trubner and Co., 1876. One of the earliest accounts of Bali wriffen by a Westerner.
Geertz, Clifford. Negara: The Theater State in the 19th Century Bali. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1980. A captivating ac-count of the unbelievably intricate social con-ventions widespread on Bali during the last century. Get ready for some dense, some-times marvelous reading in sociology.
Hann, Willard H. Bali Profile: People, Events, Circumstances 1001-1976. The most comprehensive and compassionate history of Bali yet published.
Kempers, A.J. Bernet. Monumental Bali. Sin-gapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. An authori-tative introduction and guide to Balinese ar-chaeology, concentrating on the early peri-od of the island's history but with many con-nections to later Balinese culture. Helps to understand the island's most famous monu-ments but also encourages the reader to de-scend into the depths of ravines in search of the lesser-known mysteries of prehistoric Bali. Dutch-born Kempers lived the first 50 years of his life (1906-56) in Indonesia and has made frequent expeditions between 1970 and 1984.
Koke, Louise G. Our Hotel in Bali. New Zealand: January Books, 1987. How two young Amer-icans made a dream come true by opening one of the first Balinese-style tourist hotels on Kuta Beach in the 1 930s. The architectural style they pioneered flourishes today as does the surfing they introduced to Bali. Their adventure lasted until the Japanese invasion in 1942.
Krause, Gregor. Bali 1912. New Zealand: January Books, 1988. More than 70 years ago a young German doctor working for the Dutch East Indies government took more than 4,000 photographs on Bali. In 1920, 400 of his photos accompanied by his own reports were published in Germany. This new selection of Krause's best work, including many black-and-white prints made from his original glass plates, offers a unique view of traditional Bali.
Vickers, Adrian. Bali, A Paradise Created. Australia: Penguin Books, 1989. Explores the history of the image-making process that has surrounded Bali since the 1930s. This book dispels the myth of a harmonious, exotic island, a paradigm first created by the Dutch and maintained by subsequent Indonesians administrators and Western writers. Vickers shows how the Balinese people are under-going great confusion, change, hardship, and tension as they attempt to maintain their cul-ture while their island is catapulted into the modern age.

INTRODUCTORY

Bali. Singapore: The Times Travel Library, Times Editions, 1987. Photos, local trivia, do-it-yourself walks and excursions, and detailed practical travel information.
Covarrubias, Miguel. Island of Bali. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1972. Written by a Mexican painter who lived and worked in Belahluan, Bali, for two years in the 1930s collecting material for this artistic and well-written classic of traditional Balinese culture, the scope of which makes fascinating reading. Covarrubias was one of the first to call what the Balinese were living and creating "art." He rendered the drawings, his wife shot the photographs.
Eiseman, Fred B., Jr.Bali: Sekala & Niskala. Scottsdale, Anzona: Fred B. Eisman Jr., 1986. A collection of three volumes of intriguing, extensive, and quirky articles and essays, each written in different lengths, styles, and degrees of scholarship. With nearly 30 years spent on the island, Eiseman writes with uncommon perspicacity on such wide-ranging topics as Balinese witchcraft and magic, cricket fighting, seaweed farming, and all the uses of the coconut.
Eiseman, Fred. B., Jr. The Story of Jimbaran. The first book published about Jimbaran, the strip of land between Tuban and Uluwatu. Copies are available for US$20 from the author who can be reached at JI. Bukit Permai 8A, Jimbaran, Tuban, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia.
Mabbett, Hugh. In Praise of Kuta. New Zealand: January Books, 1987. From slave port to fishing village, this is the story of Kuta Beach, today one of the most popular tourist resorts in the world. More than 50 exuberant full-color photos.
The Balinese. New Zealand: January Books, 1985. A well-written introduction to all elements of Balinese culture from family and village life to cremation and religion, from music and dance to wildlife and the effects of tourism. Based on firsthand observation supported by impressive scholarship delivered in an unwaveringly objective style. Mabbet's book offers much more detail than the usual guidebook.

LANGUAGE

Almatsier, A.M. How to Master Bahasa Indonesia. Penerbit Djambatan, Jakarta, 1974. A very good short-term course for English-speaking foreigners. Sold all over Indonesia.
Almatsier, A.M. The Easy Way to Master the Indonesian language. Penerbit Djambatan, Jakar-ta, 1992. This widely available book is a lesson by lesson method of learning Indonesian. De-signed especially for the long-term resident, it has chapters on everyday situations expats are likely to run into-To the Supermarket, Sports, Colloquial Expressions, etc.
Echols, John, and H. Shadily, An English-lndonesian Dictionary. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1975. With 25,000 head-words, this is the' only truly comprehensive modern English-Indonesian dictionary. In-cludes modern idioms and slang, many abbreviations, technical terms, cross-references, especially to irregular verb forms and noun plurals. Complements the authors' latest work (see below). This is the Big Artillery, the best available, the standard used by English speakers ever since the first edition was pub-lished in 1961.
Echols, John and H. Shadily, An Indonesian -English Dictionary. Ithaca, New York: Cor-nell University Press, 1989. A much-revised and much-expanded third edition of the au-thors' previous edition published in 1963. This comprehensive, well-balanced register of the Indonesian vocabulary contains all the main derivations and clear, accurate definitions. Where necessary, definitions are accompanied by simple sentences that illustrate usage. None better for the serious English-speaking student.
Everyday Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. An in-depth teach yourself book for people who want to master rudimentary Indonesian with-out spending too much time at it, focusing on practical usage and colloquial speech. Coverage of basic pronunciation, grammar, and conversation is followed by a handy dictionary listing the most commonly used words. Oey's book is also a useful guide to Indone-sia's etiquette, body language, cultural dos and don'ts, though the black and white illustrations don't contribute much. Available in both the U.S. and Indonesia.
Indonesia Phrasebook. Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1995. If you memorize this little booklet, it'll serve you quite adequately for a 30-day-or-less stay.
Johns, Yohanni. Bahasa Indonesia, Books One & Two. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. This two-volume set presents a graded course in Bahasa Indonesia developed at the Australian National University. Used by universities all over the world, it is particularly ap-preciated by those who wish to master the language through self-study at intermediate and advanced levels. An excellent, in-depth, and completely self-contained course, pro-viding clear explanations of all the basic grammar, sample sentences and exercises, plus extensive notes on usage and etiquette.
Kramer, A.L.N. Tuttle's Concise Indonesian Dictionary. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1993. This easy-to-use bilingual dictionary features 18,000 entries including colloquial usages, multiple definitions, clear, easy-to-read type, pronunciation aids. Sturdily cloth-bound for heavy travel, it's one of the best pocket dictionaries around.
Kwee, John B. Teach Yourself Indonesian. England: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. Carefully graded, difficult lessons, with exercises and answers at the end of each chapter, take the student through pronunciation and word order, parts of speech and grammar, to the point where he or she will be able to take part in everyday conversation and read simple texts.
Pocket Dictionary: Indonesian-English/English-Indonesian. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. A handy pocket bidirectional dictionary containing the 2,000 most commonly-used Balinese words, though the word "truck" is inexplicably ommitted.
Practical Balinese. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. A communication guide aimed at tourists and travelers. With this book and a few hours practice you can begin to converse immediately. Convenient glossary included in the back.
Shadeg, N. A Balinese Vocabulary. Denpasar: Dharma Bakti, 1977. This pocket dictionary of 1,000 basic words and 3,000 basic sentences is now in its 7th edition.
Wolff, John U. Say it in Indonesian. New York: Dover Publications, 1983. Compiled by pro-fessional linguists, no other Indonesian-language phrasebook contains these features: 2,100 up-to-date practical entries, easy pro-nunciation transcription, every entry numbered and indexed, quick word substitution for every need, handy bilingual glossary. Very thorough.
Wolff, John U., Dede Oetomo, and Daniel Fietkeiwicz. Beginning Indonesian Through Self Instruction, Books One, Two and Three. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Southeast Asian Program, 1992. The Indonesian language courses at U.C. Berkeley still use this classic coursebook in conjunction with accompanying tapes.

LITERATURE

Baum, Vicki. A Tale From Bali. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984. Embracing the tumultuous puputan years 1904 to 1906, this historical novel is a free rendering of actual events seen from the Balinese point of view. Also a remarkably vivid and melodramatic portrayal of the character of the Balinese, their traditional customs and way of life. First published in English in 1937 by the German author of the Grand Hotel.
Darling, Diana. The Painted Alphabet. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. A novel based on the traditional story Dukuh Siladri, this is a vastly entertaining story told with warmth, humor, and wisdom.
The Haughty Toad & Other Tales. A bewitch-ingly eccentric children's book of Balinese fa-bles, charmingly illustrated by members of Pengosekan's "Community of Artists."
Mahabharata and Ramayana. New York: Mentor/New American Library, 1976. This lively version of the two great Indian classics has been retold by William Buck.
Mason, Victor. The Butterflies of Bali. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1992. A cultural thriller which delves into a secretive civilization where strange characters interact to create an evocative tale of adventure, mystery, and magical encounters.
Mathews, Anna. The Night of Purnama. London: The Travel Book Club, 1965. An account of the experiences of Denis and Anna Mathews in the remote village of lseh on the slopes of Gunung Agung during the disastrous volcanic eruption of 1963.
Weise, Michael. On the Edge of a Dream. Michael Weise Productions, 4354 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Suite 234, Studio City, CA 91604. Part dreamscape, part travelogue, this is an enthralling semi-fictional story of two free-spirited adventurers traveling in search of the miraculous, at a time when Balinese society was poised on the brink of the modern tourist age.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Bandem, I Made, and de Boer, Fredrick. Kaja and Kelod: Balinese Dance in Transition. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1981. A survey of Balinese dance by the head of the STSI Dance Academy in Denpasar, co-authored by an eminent professor of theater studies at U.S.A.'s Wesleyan University and editor of the Bali Arts & Culture Newsletter.
Coast, John. Dancers of Bali. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Fresh out of a Japanese prison camp, Coast toured Bali in a battered jeep, immersing himself in the study of Balinese music and dance. The author organized the first tour of Balinese dancers to visit America. Contains pictures and stories of Ba-linese performing artists during the 1950s.
Daniel, Ana Bali: Behind the Mask New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. A rich, beautiful book that gives, in words and photos, a fascinating document of Bali, its people, and its complex tradition of dance. During several extended stays, the photographer/author studied with a man revered by the Balinese as the last of their great classical dancers, I Nyoman Kakul.
de Zoete, Beryl, and Walter Spies. Dance and Drama in Bali. Oxford in Asia, 1973. Working in collaboration, Spies and dance expert de Zoete compiled in the 1930s this first complete survey of Balinese dance, plays, and music. All of the book's brilliant black-and-white photos were taken by Spies, a long-term resident of Bali and creator of the kecak dance. A recognized, intelligently written classic.
Kartomi, Margaret J. Musical Instruments of Indonesia. Melbourne: Indonesian Arts Society, 1985. An excellent illustrated survey of the full range of musical instruments used in the many island regions of Indonesia, including Bali. Alphabetical format.
McPhee, Cohn. Music in Bali. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1966. An early definitive classic in the literature of Balinese gamelan and musical life in the 1930s, com-bining ethnographic description with detailed analysis of instrumentation and repertoire.
Slattum, Judy. Masks of Bali. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. A very good intro-duction to Balinese wayang topeng. This beautiful picture book contains 50 stunning photographs of masks, the first mask history, explanations on the process of making ritual masks, and a discussion of the specific types and functions of making Balinese masks. Anyone who is shopping for a mask, or who already owns one, can find in this book the type of character it represents and which rit-uals it is used in. Photographs by Paul Schraub.
Tenzer, Michael. Balinese Music. Singapore: Periplus, 1991. The definitive introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan with color photos, a discography, descriptions of the instruments, and a guide to studying and hearing music on Bali. Written by an assistant professor of music at Yale University, this work is the most significant overview of Balinese music to have appeared since Cohn McPhee's Music in Bali and is considerably more updated than de Beryl Zoete's and Walter Spies' Dance and Drama in Bali.

NATURAL PHENOMENON

Eiseman, Fred, and Margaret Eiseman. Flowers of Bali. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. An introduction to more than 50 species of Bali's colorful and exotic blossoms. Each bloom is illustrated in full color. Also includes information on the cultural uses of flowers, physical descriptions, and concordances of Balinese, Indonesian and Latin names.
Eiseman, Fred, and Margaret Eiseman. Fruits of Bali. A feast of colors, tastes, and smells from Bali's cornucopia of mouthwatering fruits, with descriptions and photos of over 50 delicious fruit varieties. These range from the more familiar mango, guava, and papaya to the exotic durian, rambutan, and salak.
King, Ben F., and Edward C. Dickinson. Birds of South-East Asia. New York: The Stephen Greene Press, 1988. The only competent field manual to the birdlife of Bali and In-donesia.
Mason, Victor. Bali Bird Walks. Boston, Mass-achusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Essentially, a very British paean to the natural beauty of the Balinese countryside. The lyrical, humorous, and informative text takes you away from the usual touristic haunts into what the author calls "the realm of the faerie." Emphasis is also given to flowers, trees, mammals, insects, customs, rites, temples, and monuments. Though its use as a guide is limited, trails are graded in order of difficulty.
Mason, Victor. Birds of Bali. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. Illustrations by Frank Jarvis. A comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to 120 of Bali's most notable avian species. Each bird is portrayed in a striking watercolor, and a complete checklist of sighted species is appended, giving likely habitats as well as all the most convenient places for viewing birds.
Warren, William. Balinese Gardens. Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1995. A large-format book filled with information on Bali's physical landscape and Balinese conceptions of nature and the traditional house, temple, and palace gardens. Numerous superb photographs by Luca Invernezzi Tettoni show modern and traditional gardens.

PAINTING

Djelantik, A.A.M. Balinese Paintings. Singapore: Images of Asia Series, Oxford University Press, 1986. A concise primer of Balinese painting styles and techniques written by an authority on the subject for the non-specialist reader. The author also examines the intriguing period of transition in which Balinese art finds itself today. Although a thin volume, it is extensively illustrated.
Friend, Donald. Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Restrospective. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1990. The first published retrospective of one of the leading Australian artists of the modern era. Friend's greatest works were painted on Bali where he lived and worked between 1966 and 1980.
Kam, Garrett. Perceptions of Paradise: Images of Bali in the Arts. Ubud, Indonesia: Neka Museum, 1993. Not only a handsomely produced catalog of 22 paintings found in the collection of the Neka Museum, but a wide-ranging historical and cultural study of the whole Balinese artistic tradition. Kam uses the paintings and accompanying photographs as a window through which he interprets Bali's entire artistic life. The publisher, Suteja Neka, is a dynamic and enthusiastic patron of the arts.
Neka Museum: Guide to the Painting Collection. Bali, Indonesia: Neka Museum, 1986. An illustrated history of Balinese painting by Neka, a respected painter, collector, and gallery owner in Campuan, Bali. Contains full-color photos and black-and-white renditions of the works in Neka's collection, as well as biographies of Balinese and foreign painters.
Pucci, Idanna. The Epic of Life. New York: Alfred Van der Marck Editions, 1985. The extraordinary paintings in this large-format art book grace the ceiling of the Kerta Gosa Palace of Justice in Bali's former royal capital of Klungkung. Opposite each full-color reproduction is a vivid recounting of the section in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, which corresponds to the scene. An exhaustive and important study.
Rhodius, Hans, and John Darling, Walter Spies and Balinese Art. Published under the auspices of the Tropical Museum, Amsterdam, by Terra, Zutphen, 1980. A narrative portrait of the extraordinary life and work of Walter Spies, the Russian-born German artist who lived and worked in Bali from 1927 to 1940.
Willem G. Hofker; Painter of Bali. A helpful and carefully researched text. The plates bring home the style, poetry, and pathos of Hofker's beautiful paintings of women.

PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS

Bali. Singapore: Times Editions, 1986. An attractive full-color photo essay of Balinese life and culture by three talented professional photographers.
Lueras, Leonard, and Ian R. Lloyd. Bali: The Ultimate Island. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. A spectacular coffee table book with historical black-and-white photos, everyday portraits, and coverage of contemporary arts and crafts, ceremonies, workers of the land, and commerce. Special features are a comprehensive discography-cassettography and a filmography.
Lueras, Leonard, and Rio Helmi. Bali High: Paradise from the Air. Singapore, Times Editions: 1990. In this book you see, from a new and elevated vantage point, beautiful color photographs of the volcanoes, towns, hamlets, ravines, terraces, rivers, temples, harbors, and beaches of Bali.

RELIGION

Bakker, F.L. The Struggle of the Hindu Balinese Intellectuals. VU University Press, 1993. An investigation of the recent developments in modern Hindu thinking in Indonesia since the country became independent and the leading role Balinese Hindus play in modern Indone-sian Hinduism.
Belo, Jane. Balinese Temple Festival. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1953. A guide through one of Bali's colorful festivals as observed by an astute and insightful anthropologist.
Hooykaas, C. A Balinese Temple Festival. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977. A word-by-word and gesture-by-gesture explanation of a temple festival which will be of interest to not only anthropologists and students of com-parative religions but also to travelers.

TRAVELOGUES

Baranay, lnez. The Edge of Bali. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. This tale explores the culture of tourism on Bali through the experiences of three different tourists, unknown to each other and each with an entirely different agenda. An interesting evocation of the kinds of encounters one has within the Kuta-Ubud -Candidasa circuit.
Blair, Lawrence, with Lorne Blair. Ring of Fire. New York: Bantam Books, 1988. The story of two brothers who, for a period of 12 years starting in 1973, penetrated and filmed some of the most remote regions of Indonesia. The book is an adaptation from a film which became a four-part cycle which opened public television's "Adventure" series in May of 1988. Part two and three of the series take place on Bali.
Gorer, Geoffrey. Bali and Angkor. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. A 1930s pleasure trip to Sumatra, Java, Bali, Thailand, and Cambodia. An observant travel writer analyzes the role art and religion play in the life of the Balinese. Gorer's writing has great style.
McPhee, Cohn. A House in Bali. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1985. This account of a young American composer and ethnomusicologist's stay in Bali prior to WW II is an amusing and sympathetic look at Balinese society and a rare look at the original impor-tance of music in Balinese life. McPhee was significant not for his music but for his incisive role in reviving many dying gamelan traditions and his invaluable descriptions of the music of Bali during the 1930s.
Powell, Hickman. The Last Paradise. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. An American journalist's "discovery" of Bali in the 1920s. A description of Bali's inhabitants, customs, and beliefs before the advent of modern tourism.
Simpson, Cohn. Bali and Beyond. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1972. Simpson describes the dancing, music, and other arts, a cremation, and his chapter "The muddy-legged musician" conveys vividly the life of a typically cultured peasant who is a rice farmer by day and a gamelan musician by night. Includes 24 pages of color plates.

VIDEOS

Done Bali. Australia: SBS, 1994. While there have been many films which have expounded the Western image of Bali as an idyllic, creative, tropical holiday destination, Australian-made Done Bali looks behind the glamorous, romantic appearances to the island's traumatic past and its current, fragile present as it moves into the era of "five-star tourism." This beguiling film uses rare archival film footage to examine a range of the island's social and historical tragedies.
Lempad of Bali. New York: Mystic Fire Video, 1979. Directed by John Darling and Lorna Blair, co-director of Ring of Fire. This 60-minute color video captures some of the strength and genius of a remarkable artist famous throughout Europe in the 1920s for his remarkable religious and erotic art. Lempad died a fully conscious death (which he predicted, and to which he invited his family) at the age of 116.
Ring of Fire, Vol. Two. New York: Mystic Fire Video, 1988. A four-part film which chronicled the 10-year voyage of two filmmakers, brothers Lorne and Lawrence Blair, through Indonesia's exotic, mysterious Outer Islands. Volume Two ("Dance of the Warriors") in the series shows a mesmerizing segment of a Balinese barong dance.