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Telling Lives, Telling History: Autobiography and Historical Imagination in Modern Indonesia
Susan Rodgers (Ed.)
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Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
These two memoirs, superbly rendered into English for the first time, provide unique windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early twentieth-century history of Southeast Asia, in general. Originally published soon after the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) liberated the island chain from Dutch control, these unusually insightful narratives recall the authors' boyhoods in rural Toba Batak and Minangkabau villages. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers inevitably tell the story of their country's turbulent journey from colonial subjugation through revolution to independence. Susan Rodgers's perceptive introduction illuminates the importance of autobiography in developing historical consciousness and imagining ... Read more
These two memoirs, superbly rendered into English for the first time, provide unique windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early twentieth-century history of Southeast Asia, in general. Originally published soon after the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) liberated the island chain from Dutch control, these unusually insightful narratives recall the authors' boyhoods in rural Toba Batak and Minangkabau villages. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers inevitably tell the story of their country's turbulent journey from colonial subjugation through revolution to independence. Susan Rodgers's perceptive introduction illuminates the importance of autobiography in developing historical consciousness and imagining ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520085473
SKU
V9780520085473
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About Susan Rodgers (Ed.)
Susan Rodgers is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Holy Cross College and coeditor, most recently, of Indonesian Religions in Transition (1987).
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