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Author Knörr, Jacqueline, 1960- author

Title Creole identity in postcolonial Indonesia / Jacqueline Knörr

Publication Info New York : Berghahn Books, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 225 pages) : illustrations
Content text
Media computer
Carrier online resource
Series Integration and conflict studies ; volume 9
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index
Summary 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 Knörr analyzes the social, historical, and political contexts of creoleness both at the
Topical Subject Ethnicity -- Indonesia -- Jakarta
Creoles -- Indonesia -- Jakarta -- Ethnic identity
Creoles -- Indonesia -- Jakarta -- Social conditions
Postcolonialism -- Indonesia -- Jakarta
Ethnic conflict -- Indonesia -- Jakarta
Geographic Subject Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Ethnic relations
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Social conditions
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Politics and government
Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Creoles -- Ethnic identity
Creoles -- Social conditions
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Social conditions
Geographic Subject Indonesia -- Jakarta
Contents Introduction -- Creole identity in postcolonial context -- Jakarta, Batavia, Betawi -- Orang Betawi versus Orang Jakarta -- Suku bangsa Betawi : integration and differentiation of ethnic identity -- Betawi versus Peranakan -- Orang Betawi versus Orang Indonesia : the connection between ethnic diversity and national unity -- Betawi politics of identity and difference -- Conclusion. Towards an open end
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Other Series Integration and conflict studies ; v. 9
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