Creole identity in postcolonial Indonesia (Integration and conflict studies, volume 9)

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 post...

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Main Author: Knorr, Jacqueline
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2014
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1
Series:Integration and conflict studies volume 9
Subjects:
Anthropology
Anthropology (General)
Asia
Colonial History
Creoles
Creoles > Indonesia > Jakarta > Ethnic identity
Creoles > Indonesia > Jakarta > Social conditions
Cultural
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic conflict > Indonesia > Jakarta
Ethnic identity
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Ethnicity > Indonesia > Jakarta
HBTR
History
HISTORY / General
Indonesia
Jakarta
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Jakarta (Indonesia) > Ethnic relations
Jakarta (Indonesia) > Politics and government
Jakarta (Indonesia) > Social conditions
JHMC
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Postcolonialism > Indonesia > Jakarta
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Southeast Asia
Colonial History
Anthropology (General)
ISBN:9781782382683, 1782382682, 9781782382690, 1782382690
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index
ISBN:9781782382683
1782382682
9781782382690
1782382690
DOI:10.1515/9781782382690