Censorship in colonial Indonesia, 1901-1942 / / Nobuto Yamamoto.

• Superior document: Library of the Written Word; volume75
• VerfasserIn: Yamamoto, Nobuto, 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Library of the Written Word; volume75.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 pages).

In Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901–1942 Nobuto Yamamoto examines the institutionalization of censorship and its symbiosis with print culture in the Netherlands Indies. Born from the liberal desire to promote the well-being of the colonial population, censorship was not practiced exclusively in repressive ways but manifested in constructive policies and stimuli, among which was the cultivation of the “native press” under state patronage. Censorship in the Indies oscillated between liberal impulse and the intrinsic insecurity of a colonial state in the era of nationalism and democratic governance. It proved unpredictable in terms of outcomes, at times being co-opted by resourceful activists and journalists, and susceptible to international politics as it transformed during the Sino-Japanese war of the 1930s.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901–1942 -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Liberal Winds -- Ethical Policy and Patronage -- The Age of Press Monitoring -- Persdelict -- Reactions to Persdelict -- Press Monitoring Reconsidered -- Persbreidel and Containment -- The Japan Factor -- Persbreidel and the Chinese Factor -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Appendix 1 -- Bibliography -- Index.