Java is the most populous island of Indonesia, the fifth largest
nation in the world. Yet despite its importance, outsiders know
little about the country or its people. With the help of Indonesian
students and scholars, Walter L. Williams has collected and
translated the life histories of twenty-seven Javanese women and
men. The people interviewed tell how they have coped with rapid
social and economic change, and with the transformation of their
traditions. Williams has carefully selected the individuals he
includes to represent a wide diversity of Java's people. We hear
from fascinating women and men of various religions, from the rich
and the poor, and from different ethnic backgrounds. Diversity is a
constant theme, as evidenced by a poor pedicab driver who can
barely scrape along, by a rich businesswoman who explains how she
balances her professional domestic roles, by an educated and
respected homosexual school principal, and by an illiterate mother
of fourteen children. All of them present in their stories a unique
Javanese approach to living.These oral histories were gathered from
elderly people, who have a larger perspective on the changes they
have seen in their lifetimes. The focus of the first section of the
book is the way people have adapted in their daily lives massive
social and economic changes. In the middle section, we hear from
the Javanese who represent traditional values in the midst of
change. Finally, we hear from educators and parents who tell us of
their concerns for Indonesian youth and the future of the
country.Walter L. Williams is an associate professor of
anthropology and the study of women and men in society at the
University of Southern California.
General
Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 1991 |
First published: |
1991 |
Authors: |
Walter L. Williams
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8135-1649-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8135-1649-8 |
Barcode: |
9780813516493 |
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