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The Domestication of Desire
Suzanne April Brenner
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Description for The Domestication of Desire
Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
While doing fieldwork in the modernizing Javanese city of Solo during the late 1980s, Suzanne Brenner came upon a neighborhood that seemed like a museum of a bygone era: Laweyan, a once-thriving production center of batik textiles, had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of the Indonesian state during the late twentieth century. Focusing on this community, Brenner examines what she calls the making of the "unmodern." She portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its distinctive forms of social life and highlights the unique power of women in the marketplace and the home--two ... Read more
While doing fieldwork in the modernizing Javanese city of Solo during the late 1980s, Suzanne Brenner came upon a neighborhood that seemed like a museum of a bygone era: Laweyan, a once-thriving production center of batik textiles, had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of the Indonesian state during the late twentieth century. Focusing on this community, Brenner examines what she calls the making of the "unmodern." She portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its distinctive forms of social life and highlights the unique power of women in the marketplace and the home--two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691016924
SKU
V9780691016924
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About Suzanne April Brenner
Suzanne April Brenner is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for The Domestication of Desire
Winner of the 2000 Harry J. Benda Prize, Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies "Brenner has made an intelligent use of her ethnographic experiences to formulate a compelling and highly readable text on issues of current theoretical concern. Her work displays an admirable grasp of the complex social and economic transformations which have taken place in Java ... Read more