A Certain Age : Colonial Jakarta through the Memories of Its Intellectuals / Rudolf Mrázek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mrázek, Rudolf, author.

Series:

A John Hope Franklin Center Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A Certain Age is an unconventional, evocative work of history and a moving reflection on memory, modernity, space, time, and the limitations of traditional historical narratives. Rudolf Mrázek visited Indonesia throughout the 1990s, recording lengthy interviews with elderly intellectuals in and around Jakarta. With few exceptions, they were part of an urban elite born under colonial rule and educated at Dutch schools. From the early twentieth century, through the late colonial era, the national revolution, and well into independence after 1945, these intellectuals injected their ideas of modernity, progress, and freedom into local and national discussion.When Mrázek began his interviews, he expected to discuss phenomena such as the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism. His interviewees, however, wanted to share more personal recollections. Mrázek illuminates their stories of the past with evocative depictions of their late-twentieth-century surroundings.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface: Promenades

Technical Note

Chapter One. Bypasses and Flyovers

Chapter Two. The Walls

Chapter Three. The Fences

Chapter Four. The Classroom

Chapter Five. The Window

Postscript: Sometimes Voices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781478091462

1478091460

OCLC:

645086948

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/oapen_625230

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access