Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia
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Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia

About this book

Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promotes a specifically postcolonial sense of common nationhood due to its heterogeneous origins, creole groups of people are often perceived ambivalently in the wake of colonialism and its demise, on the other. In this book, Jacqueline Knörr analyzes the social, historical, and political contexts of creoleness both at the grassroots and the State level, showing how different sections of society engage with creole identity in order to promote collective identification transcending ethnic and religious boundaries, as well as for reasons of self-interest and ideological projects.

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781785338120, 9781782382683
eBook ISBN
9781782382690
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Asian History
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 — Creole Identity in Postcolonial Context
  6. Chapter 2 — Jakarta, Batavia, Betawi
  7. Chapter 3 — Orang Betawi versus Orang Jakarta
  8. Chapter 4 — Suku bangsa Betawi: Integration and Differentiation of Ethnic Identity
  9. Chapter 5 — Betawi versus Peranakan (Chinese)
  10. Chapter 6 — Orang Betawi versus Orang Indonesia: The Connection between Ethnic Diversity and National Unity
  11. Chapter 7 — Betawi Politics of Identity and Difference
  12. Conclusion — Towards an Open End
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index