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These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence.

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MAPS
GLOSSARY

PART ONE • TWO SUMATRAN CHILDHOOD MEMOIRS
Imagining Modern Indonesia via Autobiography
Introduction
The Texts and Their Authors
Autobiography in Indonesian and Malay Historical Traditions
Images of Self and Society
Book Learning, Schools, Language, and Knowledge
Portrayals of Religion
Images of Time and Historical Narration
Sumatran Childhood Autobiography as History
A Note on Translation
Notes

PART TWO • THE TRANSLATIONS
Aku dan Toba [Me and Toba], by P. Pospos
Notes
Semasa Kecil di Kampung [ Village Childhood], by Muhamad Radjab
Notes

REFERENCES
INDEX

Telling Lives Telling History

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 19/04/1995
      ISBN13: 9780520085473, 978-0520085473
      ISBN10: 0520085477
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      Autobiography: historical, political and military Colonialism and imperialism National liberation and independence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence.

      Table of Contents
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      MAPS
      GLOSSARY

      PART ONE • TWO SUMATRAN CHILDHOOD MEMOIRS
      Imagining Modern Indonesia via Autobiography
      Introduction
      The Texts and Their Authors
      Autobiography in Indonesian and Malay Historical Traditions
      Images of Self and Society
      Book Learning, Schools, Language, and Knowledge
      Portrayals of Religion
      Images of Time and Historical Narration
      Sumatran Childhood Autobiography as History
      A Note on Translation
      Notes

      PART TWO • THE TRANSLATIONS
      Aku dan Toba [Me and Toba], by P. Pospos
      Notes
      Semasa Kecil di Kampung [ Village Childhood], by Muhamad Radjab
      Notes

      REFERENCES
      INDEX

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