Behind the postcolonial : architecture, urban space, and political cultures in Indonesia / Abidin Kusno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kusno, Abidin, 1966-

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Architext series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Indonesia.

Architecture.

Postcolonialism.

City planning.

History.

Indonesia.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Indonesia.

Architecture, Modern.

City planning--Indonesia--History--20th century.

Postcolonialism--Indonesia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

This book shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia. It shows how one might write a political history of postcolonial cultures of the present without neglecting the importance of the colonial past. In the process, it poses serious questions about the relevance of contemporary postcolonial theory and criticism for the analysis and understanding of postcolonial states.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0415236142

0415236150

OCLC:

43599145