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Culture, Power, and Authoritarianism in the Indonesian State

Cultural Policy across the Twentieth Century to the Reform Era

Jones, Tod

Culture, Power, and Authoritarianism in the Indonesian State is a critical history of cultural policy in one of the world’s most diverse nations across the tumultuous twentieth century. It charts the influence of momentous political changes on the cultural policies of successive states, including colonial government, Japanese occupation, the killing and repression of the left and their affiliates, and the return of representative government, and examines broader social chang... more

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Een zwarte vrijstaat in Suriname (deel 2)

De Okaanse samenleving in de negentiende en twintigste eeuw

Wilhelmina van Wetering en H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen

In 2011 verscheen Een zwarte vrijstaat in Suriname; De Okaanse samenleving in de 18e eeuw. Het vertelt de geschiedenis van slaven die in de achttiende eeuw de plantages ontvluchtten om diep in het regenwoud, in het zuidoosten van Suriname, een nieuwe samenleving op te bouwen. Deze Marrons, zoals de ontsnapte slaven werden genoemd, sloten in 1760 een vredesverdrag met de planters. Zij noemden zich Okanisi. Hier, in dit tweede deel van deze historie, wordt verslag gedaan van de gebeur... more

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Following the figure with the cap

A new look at the religious function of East Javanese temples 14th to 15th centuries

Kieven, Lydia

Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from the East Javanese Panji stories, are unique to depictions of non-Indic narratives. The cap-figure constitutes a prominent example of Majapahit’s creativity in new concepts of art, literatu... more

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Diari stories and Pakpak storytelling

A storytelling tradition from the North Sumatran rainforest

Brakel-Papenhuyzen, Clara

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.
This study of traditional literature in Pakpak-Dairi, an endangered North Sumatran language, is based on written and oral versions of stories. Discussing the views of well-known scholars of Sumatran langua... more

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A few poorly organized men

Interreligious violence in Poso, Indonesia

McRae, Dave

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.
Despite no prior history of recent unrest, Poso became the site of the most
protracted inter-religious conflict in postauthoritarian Indonesia, as well as one of
the most important theatres of operations for the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network.
The district w... more

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