Culture, power, and authoritarianism in the Indonesian state : cultural policy across the twentieth-century to the reform era / / by Tod Jones.

• Author: Jones, Tod, 1977-
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 287/3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Culture, Power, and Authoritarianism in the Indonesian State is a critical history of cultural policy in one of the world’s most diverse nations across the tumultuous twentieth century. It charts the influence of momentous political changes on the cultural policies of successive states, including co...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• I Introduction: The Relationship between Culture and Politics in Indonesia
• II The Genesis of Modern Cultural Policy in Indonesia: Culture and Government in the Late Colonial and Japanese Occupation Periods, 1900–1945
• III From Cultural Regulation to Cultural Leadership: The Changing Uses of Culture in Constitutional Democracy (1950–1957) and Guided Democracy (1957–1965)
• IV The New Order as a ‘cultural process’: National Culture under an Authoritarian Regime
• V New Order Cultural Institutions and Programmes: Cultural Development in a Powerhouse State
• VI Cultural Policy in the Reform Era: Ethnic Identity, Decentralization and Tourism
• VII The Diverse Outcomes of Centrally Administered Culture: Cultural Parks and Arts Councils in the New Order and Reform Eras
• VIII Making Local Culture National: Cultural Management, State Publications and Local Cultures
• Conclusion: Indonesia’s Cultural Policy Journey
• Bibliography
• Index.