Creole identity in postcolonial Indonesia / / Jacqueline Knörr

• Autore: Knörr Jacqueline <1960->
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8009598/22
• Soggetto topico: Ethnicity - Indonesia - Jakarta; Creoles - Indonesia - Jakarta - Ethnic identity; Creoles - Indonesia - Jakarta - Social conditions; Postcolonialism - Indonesia - Jakarta; Ethnic conflict - Indonesia - Jakarta
• Soggetto geografico: Jakarta (Indonesia) Ethnic relations; Jakarta (Indonesia) Social conditions; Jakarta (Indonesia) Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Creole Identity in Postcolonial Context; Chapter 2 - Jakarta, Batavia, Betawi; Chapter 3 - Orang Betawi versus Orang Jakarta; Chapter 4 - Suku bangsa Betawi: Integration and Differentiation of Ethnic Identity; Chapter 5 - Betawi versus Peranakan (Chinese); Chapter 6 - Orang Betawi versus Orang Indonesia: The Connection between Ethnic Diversity and National Unity; Chapter 7 - Betawi Politics of Identity and Difference; Conclusion - Towards an Open End; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Creole identity in postcolonial Indonesia
• ISBN: 1-78238-269-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806225803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Integration and conflict studies ; ; v. 9.