Clearing a space : : postcolonial readings of modern Indonesian literature / / edited by Keith Foulcher and Tony Day.

• Superior document: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; Volume 202
• TeilnehmendeR: Foulcher, Keith,; Day, Tony,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : KITLV Press,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; Volume 202.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (389 pages)
• Notes: Papers delivered at a conference in May 1998 at University of Sydney.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004454156; 9789067181891
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Keith Foulcher and Tony Day.

This collection draws together the work of authors from Indonesia, Australia, North America, and Europe, in the first comprehensive attempt to relate modern Indonesian literature to the insights and approaches of postcolonial theory and literary criticism. The essays in the collection range over the history of modern Indonesian literature from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its diversity and growth in the 1990s. Some offer the fresh readings of well-known texts; others draw attention to aspects of the Indonesian literary tradition that have hitherto escaped the notice of scholars and critics. Grounded in detailed analysis of local contexts, yet enlivened by comparative and theoretical perspectives, the collection places Indonesian literature at the heart of contemporary cultural concerns.