Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia / / Jacqueline Knörr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Knörr, Jacqueline,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Integration and Conflict Studies ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of 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 -- Chapter 6. Orang Betawi versus Orang Indonesia: The Connection between Ethnic Diversity and National Unity -- Chapter 7. Betawi Politics of Identity and Diff erence -- Conclusion. Towards an Open End -- Bibliography -- Index