Contentious Belonging : : The Place of Minorities in Indonesia / / ed. by Greg Fealy, Ronit Ricci.

Contention has surrounded the status of minorities throughout Indonesian history. Two broad polarities are evident: one inclusive of minorities, regarding them as part of the nation's rich complexity and a manifestation of its "Unity in Diversity" motto; the other exclusive, viewing w...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (282 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and figures
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • 1. Diversity and its discontents: an overview of minority-majority relations in Indonesia
  • PART 1. HISTORY AND LAW
  • 2. Minorities in Indonesian history: from ambiguous advantage to cantonisation
  • 3. Minorities and discrimination in Indonesia: the legal framework
  • 4. The Constitutional Court and minority rights: analysing the recent homosexual sex and indigenous belief cases
  • PART 2. DISABILITY
  • 5. Changing laws, changing attitudes: the place of people with disability in Indonesia
  • 6. Disability inclusion in Indonesia: the role of Islamic schools and universities in inclusive education reform
  • PART 3. SEXUALITY
  • 7. Is the recent wave of homophobia in Indonesia unexpected?
  • 8. Localising queer identities: queer activisms and national belonging in Indonesia
  • PART 4. RELIGION AND ETHNICITY
  • 9. The mobilisation of intolerance and its trajectories: Indonesian Muslims' views of religious minorities and ethnic Chinese
  • 10. Disputes over places of worship in Indonesia: evaluating the role of the Interreligious Harmony Forum
  • 11. Anti-Chinese sentiment and the 'return' of the pribumi discourse
  • 12. Minority and advantage: the story of Sindhis in Indonesia
  • 13. 'Normalising' the Orang Rimba: between mainstreaming, marginalising and respecting indigenous culture
  • PART 5. REFLECTIONS
  • 14 Manipulating minorities and majorities: reflections on 'contentious belonging'
  • Index