Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia / / Jacqueline Knörr.

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