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The Precarious Past in Premodern Java.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sastrawan, Wayan Jarrah.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The practice of history in premodern Java was profoundly influenced by precarious conditions of textual production and preservation: fragile manuscripts perished in the tropical environment, archival records were scattered far afield, and historical memories faded over many generations. In this book, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan examines how Javanese societies between the fifth and fifteenth centuries CE responded with distinctive strategies to record and transmit knowledge of the past. Drawing on sources in Javanese, Sanskrit, Malay, and related languages from the Indonesian archipelago, Sastrawan provides a detailed account of diverse forms of history making in premodern Java, reconstructing a dynamic culture in which written and nonwritten modes of transmission coexisted and intersected. By situating these practices within broader discussions of global historiography, this book challenges modern assumptions about what counts as "history" and illuminates how societies have developed different ways of preserving and remembering the past.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Luminos page
- Subvention page
- Imprint page
- Half title
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions Used in the Book
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Conclusion
- Glossary of Vernacular Terms Used in Premodern Java
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sastrawan, Wayan Jarrah The Precarious Past in Premodern Java
- ISBN:
- 9780520422780
- OCLC:
- 1600992071
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