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Concerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. This book traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century.

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"Siegel's analysis is convincing. It summoned Sumatran recollections of creating urban modernity through adopting music, clothing, language, and books from European sources, yet perceiving these new elements as effortlessly translated into a new Indonesian cultural world."--Choice

Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Pt. IThe Fetish of AppearanceCh. 1The "I" of a Lingua Franca13Ch. 2What Did Not Happen to Indonesians38Ch. 3Fetishizing Appearance, or Is "I" a Criminal?54Pt. IIRecognitionCh. 4Student Hidjau and The Feeling of Freedom97Ch. 5Scandal, Women, Authors, and Sino-Malay Nationalism115Ch. 6Love Sick, or the Failures of the Fetish and of Translation134Ch. 7The Wish for Hierarchy161Pt. IIIRevolutionCh. 8Collaboration and Cautious Rebellion183Ch. 9Revolution208Epilogue231Notes255

Fetish Recognition Revolution

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 6 March 1997
      ISBN-13 9780691026527
      978-0691026527
      ISBN-10 0691026521
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      Sociolinguistics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Concerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. This book traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century.

      Trade Review
      "Siegel's analysis is convincing. It summoned Sumatran recollections of creating urban modernity through adopting music, clothing, language, and books from European sources, yet perceiving these new elements as effortlessly translated into a new Indonesian cultural world."--Choice

      Table of Contents
      AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Pt. IThe Fetish of AppearanceCh. 1The "I" of a Lingua Franca13Ch. 2What Did Not Happen to Indonesians38Ch. 3Fetishizing Appearance, or Is "I" a Criminal?54Pt. IIRecognitionCh. 4Student Hidjau and The Feeling of Freedom97Ch. 5Scandal, Women, Authors, and Sino-Malay Nationalism115Ch. 6Love Sick, or the Failures of the Fetish and of Translation134Ch. 7The Wish for Hierarchy161Pt. IIIRevolutionCh. 8Collaboration and Cautious Rebellion183Ch. 9Revolution208Epilogue231Notes255

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