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Beginning to Remember: The Past in the Indonesian Present
Zurbuchen
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Description for Beginning to Remember: The Past in the Indonesian Present
Paperback. Charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. This book illustrates ways in which the dissolution of the Indonesian state's monopoly on history is permitting national, local, and individual accounts and representations of the past to emerge. Editor(s): Zurbuchen, Mary Sabina. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Beginning to Remember charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. These cross-disciplinary pieces illuminate Indonesia's current efforts to reexamine and understand its past in order to shape new civic and cultural arrangements. In 1998, reformasi brought a wave of relief and euphoria. But Suharto's removal did not dispel persistent corruption, official secrecy and denial, religious and ethnic violence, and security policies leading to tragedy in East Timor, Aceh, and other regions. But the reformasi did open up new possibilities for seeing the past. ... Read more
Beginning to Remember charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. These cross-disciplinary pieces illuminate Indonesia's current efforts to reexamine and understand its past in order to shape new civic and cultural arrangements. In 1998, reformasi brought a wave of relief and euphoria. But Suharto's removal did not dispel persistent corruption, official secrecy and denial, religious and ethnic violence, and security policies leading to tragedy in East Timor, Aceh, and other regions. But the reformasi did open up new possibilities for seeing the past. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Condition
New
Weight
546g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295984698
SKU
V9780295984698
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99-14
About Zurbuchen
Mary S. Zurbuchen is director for Asia and Russia programs with the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program. The contributors include Andi F. Bakti, Daniel S. Lev, Hendrik Maier, Kate McGregor, Goenawan Mohamad, Nancy L. Peluso, Tristuti Rachmadi, Anthony Reid, Geoffrey Robinson, Klaus H. Schreiner, Laurie J. Sears, Karen Strassler, Fadjar I. Thufail, Gerry van Klinken, and Paul van Zyl.
Reviews for Beginning to Remember: The Past in the Indonesian Present
Beginning to Remember is a stimulating and rewarding collection that will appeal to .. all those who wish to understand the problems that confront contemporary Indonesia and who wish to value the solutions that Indonesians are bringing to their problematic past.
Inside Indonesia
Inside Indonesia