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Creole identity in postcolonial Indonesia

Knèorr, Jacqueline, 1960- author

2018

Overview

\"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 postcolonial sense of common nationhood due to its heterogeneous origins, creole groups of people are often perceived ambivalently in the wake of colonialism and its demise, on the other. In this book, Jacqueline Knèorr analyzes the social, historical, and political contexts of creoleness both at the grassroots and the state level, showing how different sections of society engage with creole identity in order to promote collective identification transcending ethnic and religious boundaries, as well as for reasons of self-interest and ideological projects\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Berghahn
• Subject: Ethnicity Indonesia Jakarta. / Creoles Indonesia Jakarta Ethnic identity. / Creoles Indonesia Jakarta Social conditions. / Postcolonialism Indonesia Jakarta. / Ethnic conflict Indonesia Jakarta. / Creoles Ethnic identity. / Creoles Social conditions. / Ethnic conflict. / Ethnic relations. / Ethnicity. / Politics and government. / Postcolonialism. / Social conditions. / Jakarta (Indonesia) Ethnic relations.èo / Jakarta (Indonesia) Social conditions. / Jakarta (Indonesia) Politics and government. / Indonesia Jakarta.
• ISBN: 9781785338120, 1785338129

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GN635.I65 K56 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE