| Description |
1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover "The Anthropology of History Reassessed" -- Title -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Orthography and Translations -- Snapshot -- Introduction -- 1 Anthropology and History in the Light of the 'Early' Historic Turn -- 2 Anthropology and History in the Light of the 'Late' Historic Turn -- 3 The Anthropology of History Reassessed -- 4 The Historiotope of the Popular -- A Special Case? -- 5 The Historiotope(s) of Historiographic Accounts -- 6 The Historiotope of the Field -- 7 Methodology |
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8 The Historiotope of Ethnic-Inspired Popular Events -- 9 The Historiotope of Personal Past Relationships -- 10 The Historiotope of the Wider Popular Landscape -- 11 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix |
| Summary |
The advent of the Chinese Lunar New Year - Imlek - makes red a dominant colour in the cityscapes of Semarang and Yogyakarta (Java, Indonesia), since decorations and advertisements are adapted to the 'season'. The shopping malls are particularly densely decorated in a shining combination of red and gold. Large numbers of people are attracted by the special Imlek entertainment programmes presented in the malls including lion and dragon dances, Mandarin songs, 'Chinese'-themed dances, martial arts, recitations of Mandarin poems and so forth. The general visual impression is thus completed by a soundscape, and together these carry the spectator away in an encompassing 'Chinese' ambience. The colourful, almost cheerful and widespread display of 'Chineseness' in various public spaces within the Indonesian context, however, contrasts with the image of Chinese Indonesians as an 'ethnic minority' that has been greatly repressed and discriminated against over a long period of time. This book therefore is interested in the intersections and tensions between the notions of 'the popular' and 'the past', embedded in a reassessed theoretical framework labelled 'The Anthropology of History' that has been refined to encompass strongly diverging ways of dealing with the past |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Indonesia -- Ethnic identity
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Chinese -- Cultural assimilation -- Indonesia
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Popular culture -- Indonesia
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Anthropology and history.
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Ethnic Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
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Anthropology and history
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Chinese -- Cultural assimilation
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Chinese -- Ethnic identity
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Popular culture
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Indonesia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3947729405 |
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9783947729401 |
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