Tales from Djakarta

Tales from Djakarta
Author: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2018-05-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501719017

A translation of short stories by the well-known Indonesian author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Written in the 1950s, these stories are intensely regional in flavor and modern in approach. This collection includes such works as "Stranded Fish," "Creatures Behind Houses," and the great "Ketjapi."

Tales from Djakarta

Tales from Djakarta
Author: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Publisher: SEAP Publications
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780877277262

Houseboy + Maid -- News from Kebajoran -- Stranded fish -- My Kampung -- Maman and his world -- Gambir -- Miscarriage of a would-be playwright -- House -- Creatures behind houses -- No resolution -- The mastermind -- Mrs. Veterinary Doctor Suharko -- Ketjapi.

Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City

Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City
Author: Herald van der Linde
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9814928011

Jakarta is a fascinating city. It's attraction lies in the incredibly wide variety of people - Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs and Europeans - who have arrived over the centuries, bringing with them their own habits, folklore and culture. Their descendants have resulted in a vibrant mix of people, most of them making a living along the thousands of small lanes and alleys that criss-cross the kampungs of this enormous city. Artefacts indicate that this area was inhabited from the fifth century. Hundreds of years later, a small trading post on the coast named Kelapa was founded and eventually grew into the mega-city of Jakarta with over twenty million people. This book provides a unique look at the history of Jakarta through the eyes of individuals who have walked its streets through the ages, revealing how some of the challenges confronting the city today - congestion, poverty, floods and land subsidence - mirror the struggles the city has had to face in the past.

Coming to Jakarta

Coming to Jakarta
Author: Peter Dale Scott
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1989
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780811210959

Not since Robert Duncan's Ground Work and before that William Carlos Williams' Paterson has New Directions published a long poem as important as Coming to Jakarta! --James Laughlin

Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity

Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity
Author: Joshua Barker
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-07-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0824837797

We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovative and collaborative work takes up the wide range of figures that populate the social and cultural imaginaries of contemporary Southeast Asia—some familiar only in specific places, others recognizable across the region and even globally. It puts forward a series of ethnographic portraits of figures that represent and give voice to something larger than themselves, offering a view into social life that is at once highly particular and general. They include the Muslim Television Preacher in Indonesia, Miss Beer Lao, the Rural DJ in Thailand, the Korean Soap Opera Junkie in Burma, the Filipino Seaman, and the Photo Retoucher in Vietnam. Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity brings together the fieldwork of over eighty scholars and covers the nine major countries of the region: Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. An introduction outlines important social transformations in Southeast Asia and key theoretical and methodological innovations that result from ethnographic attention to the study of key figures. Each section begins with an introduction by a country editor followed by short essays offering vivid and intimate portraits set against the background of contemporary Southeast Asia. The result is a volume that combines scholarly rigor with a meaningful, up-to-date portrayal of a region of the world undergoing rapid change. A reference bibliography offers suggestions for further reading. Figures of Southeast Asia Modernity is an ideal teaching tool for introductory classes to Southeast Asia studies, anthropology, and geography.

A History of Modern Indonesia

A History of Modern Indonesia
Author: Adrian Vickers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2013-03-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107019478

This updated edition examines the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Indonesia and asks why the country's democratic aspirations have yet to be realized.

Women in Colonial Java in Pramoedya A. Toer’s Select Novels

Women in Colonial Java in Pramoedya A. Toer’s Select Novels
Author: Muhammad Jauhari Sofi
Publisher: Penerbit NEM
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2024-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 6231152839

Debates surrounding rights and freedoms in colonial Java at the turn of the twentieth century have ignited discussions on gender issues. During this period, Java faced dual colonization, first by the Dutch invaders externally and then by the priyayi internally. This study aims to explore women’s quest for identity through an analysis of Pramoedya A. Toer’s two celebrated novels, “This Earth of Mankind” and “The Girl from the Coast.” It specifically delves into their experiences of marginalization and resistance within the framework of colonial and feudal rules in Java. The investigation seeks to illuminate the colonial state’s policies, aristocratic power dynamics, and gender politics that either include or exclude indigenous women. By employing close reading and interpretive analysis, this study observes the circumstances, characters, and gender discourse within the novels. It integrates ideas from postcolonial and feminist lenses proposed by eminent scholars in the field. Through these analytical lenses, the study has identified that both novels portray female protagonists striving to forge new identities. They find themselves under the dominance of higher powers—namely, the white colonizers, the feudal lords, and the male figures. However, within the novels, Pramoedya Ananta Toer presents an unusual female image diverging from prevailing social discourses, one characterized by rebellious fervor that challenges discriminatory social norms. In this context, the marginalization and resistance experienced by indigenous women signify the awakening of female consciousness in the struggle against the oppressive forces of colonialism and feudalism in the pre-independence Indonesia, particularly in Java.

The Mute's Soliloquy

The Mute's Soliloquy
Author: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1999
Genre: Authors, Indonesian
ISBN:

An Indonesian novelist's autobiography written from prison. In a collection of essays and letters, smuggled during his 14-year sentence for human rights activity, he describes various stages of his life and how he lost his hearing from beatings by guards.

The Magic Crocodile and Other Folktales from Indonesia

The Magic Crocodile and Other Folktales from Indonesia
Author: Alice M. Terada
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1994-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780824816544

Hundreds of language and cultural groups, each with its own myths and legends, make Indonesia a rich source of stories. Selected to give young readers an understanding of the Indonesian people through their folklore, 29 tales reveal the islands from Sumatra to Irian.