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On the Subject of "Java"
John Pemberton
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22. BIC Classification: JHMP; UMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
What are the limits of cultural critique? What are the horizons? What are the political implications? John Pemberton explores these questions in this far-reaching ethnographic and historical interpretation of cultural discourse in Indonesia since 1965. Pemberton considers in particular how the appearance of order under Soeharto's repressive New Order regime is an effect of an enigmatic politics founded upon routine appeals to cultural values. Through a richly textured ethnographic account of events ranging from national elections to weddings, Pemberton simultaneously elucidates and disturbs the contours of the New Order cultural imaginary. He pursues the fugitive signs of ... Read more
What are the limits of cultural critique? What are the horizons? What are the political implications? John Pemberton explores these questions in this far-reaching ethnographic and historical interpretation of cultural discourse in Indonesia since 1965. Pemberton considers in particular how the appearance of order under Soeharto's repressive New Order regime is an effect of an enigmatic politics founded upon routine appeals to cultural values. Through a richly textured ethnographic account of events ranging from national elections to weddings, Pemberton simultaneously elucidates and disturbs the contours of the New Order cultural imaginary. He pursues the fugitive signs of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801499630
SKU
V9780801499630
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About John Pemberton
John Pemberton is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington.
Reviews for On the Subject of "Java"
This is a wonderful book-insightful, funny, engrossing. Through the subject of 'Java,' it subtly but surely turns over the way we think about the culture of politics and the politics of culture. Everyone who cares about comparative cultural studies should read it.
Anna Tsing, author of In the Realm of the Diamond Queen: Marginality in an Out-of-the-Way Place ... Read more
Anna Tsing, author of In the Realm of the Diamond Queen: Marginality in an Out-of-the-Way Place ... Read more