Clearing a Space

Postcolonial Readings of Modern Indonesian Literature

Edited by Keith Foulcher & Tony Day

€30.00$42.00

Editor:

T. Day

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Volume: 
202
ISSN: 
1572-1892
ISBN13: 
9789067181891
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1
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Pages, Illustrations: 
380 pp.
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Language: 
€112.00$146.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
286
Version: 
Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004250512
Commodities and Colonialism
G. Roger Knight
In Commodities and Colonial Production, G.Roger Knight provides an account of colonial Indonesia's world-class sugar industry from the 1880s through to the beginning of the Second World War.
€79.00$103.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
285
Version: 
Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004244832
A Few Poorly Organized Men
Dave McRae, Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney
Nine years of violent conflict between Christians and Muslims in Poso from 1998-2007 elevated a previously little known district in eastern Indonesia to national and global prominence. Drawing on a decade of research, for the most part conducted while the conflict was ongoing, this book ...
€89.00$116.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
284
Version: 
Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004252400
Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja
Edwin de Jong
Making a Living between Crisis and Ceremonies offers an account on the practice of everyday life of the Torajan people both in the highlands of Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) and elsewhere (Makassar, Jakarta, Maleisië).
€34.90$49.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
283
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183918
Nuaulu Religious Practices
R.F. Ellen
How religious practices are reproduced has become a major theoretical issue. This work examines data on Nuaulu ritual performances collected over a 30 year period, comparing different categories of event in terms of frequency and periodicity. It seeks to identify the influencing factors and the ...
€34.90$49.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
282
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183864
Islam and the Making of the Nation
Chiara Formichi, City University of Hong Kong
A testament to the relevance of historical research in understanding contemporary politics, Islam and the Making of the Nation guides the reader through the contingencies of the past that have led to the transformation of a nationalist leader into a 'separatist rebel' and a 'martyr', while at ...
€24.90$35.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
281
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183901
Musical Worlds in Yogyakarta
Max M. Richter
Musical Worlds in Yogyakarta addresses themes of social identity and power, counterpoising Pierre Bourdieu’s theories on class, gender and nation with the author’s alternative perspectives of inter-group social capital, physicality and grounded cosmopolitanism. The author argues that Yogyakarta ...
€39.90$55.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
280
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183888
Following the Figure with the Cap
Lydia Kieven, University of Frankfurt
This publication provides a new understanding of the religious function of the East Javanese temples. The study of the cap-figures and their symbolism yields an outstanding contribution to the uniqueness of Majapahit culture.
€99.00$129.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
279
Version: 
Hardback
ISBN13:
9789067183871
Dairi Stories and Pakpak Storytelling
Clara Brakel
The art of storytelling, which has been popular for centuries in the forested Dairi district of North Sumatra, is usually considered an oral tradition.This book presents evidence that written versions of Dairi stories existed before there was contact with European culture.
€39.90$55.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
278
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183895
Regime Change and Ethnic Politics in Indonesia
Taufiq Tanasaldy
When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place ...
€29.90$42.00
Series:
VKI
Volume:
277
Version: 
Paperback
ISBN13:
9789067183819
Contemporary Indonesian Film
Katinka van Heeren
This highly informative book explores the world of Post-Soeharto Indonesian audio-visual media in the exiting era of Reform. From a multidisciplinary approach it considers a wide variety of issues such as mainstream and alternative film practices, ceremonial and independent film festivals, film ...
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