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Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste (Paperback)
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Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
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Timor-Leste's long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of
colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and
a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history
of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the
evolution of a collective identity through two consecutive colonial
occupations, and into the post-independence era. It charts the
evolution of the idea of an East Timorese nation: its origins, its
sources, and its competitors in traditional understandings of
political community, and the distinct colonial visions imposed by
Portugal or Indonesia. The author analyses the evolution of ideas
of collective identity under the long era of Portuguese colonial
rule, and through the 24-year struggle for independence from
Indonesia from 1975 to 1999. Reflecting the contested history of
the territory, these include successive attempts to define its
members as colonial subjects in a wider 'pluri-racial' Portuguese
empire, as citizens in an 'integrated' province of the Republic of
Indonesia - and, of course, as a nation that demanded its right to
self-determination. Finally, the host of nation-building tensions
and fault lines that emerged after the restoration of independence
in 2002 are discussed. Examining the history of debates and
conflict over national identity, national history, cultural
heritage, language policy, and relationships between distinct
regions, generations, and language groups, this book will be of
interest to academics in the fields of Asian studies, nationalism
studies, and international and community development.
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