{"product_id":"the-appearances-of-memory-9780822346470","title":"The Appearances of Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of the connections between the urban built environment (primarily in Jakarta) and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[U]nique and engaging. . . . [M]akes a considerable contribution to the discourse on ‘memory’ in architecture and urban studies, and in particular to broadening the understanding – and reading – of urban space within postcolonial nations.” - Shenuka de Sylva,\u003ci\u003e Asia Pacific Viewpoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Kusno] provides a brilliant diachronic cartography of different architectural and urban elements in contemporary Jakarta and their connection to or disjuncture from the past. . . . [T]his is an exceptional and truly enjoyable book, a good companion to the author’s previous book, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Postcolonial\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).” - Eduardo Ascensão, \u003ci\u003ePlanning Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he essays are well-designed, their themes are carefully developed, and there is ample evidence to give credence to the conclusions that are drawn. The essays are scholarly, unambiguous, and meaningful to the reader. The use of examples from architecture are well-chosen and make the collection an especially good representative of this genre. The author’s two major themes. . .are a strong contribution to the scholarly literature on the history and architecture of Java. . . . [T]he work is well done and worth reading.” - Howard M. Federspiel, \u003ci\u003eIndonesia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fine book has its origins in a series of essays published in the aftermath of the May 1998 rioting in Jakarta and the birth of the post-Suharto era, the\u003cbr\u003eproduct of the so-called \u003ci\u003ereformasi\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Photos and line drawings feature\u003cbr\u003eamong some 60 illustrations, and there is a comprehensive bibliography, which includes, as might be expected, Indonesian and Dutch works. . . . I\u003cbr\u003ewould highly recommend this book overall. . .” - John P. Lea,\u003ci\u003e Architectural Science Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Appearance of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is very much a revisionist work that deftly manages a plethora of knowledge and detail about the Indonesian city to provide new insight into its dynamics. The book is full of pithy summations that deftly capture well developed themes in Indonesian sociological studies, but, more importantly, it contextualizes these themes through insightful analysis of architectural forms.” - Robbie Peters, \u003ci\u003eOceania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This…book demonstrates deep theoretical reflection on a number of different issues around the theme of memory as they are inscribed in material and spatial phenomena…. [Kusno] exposes social challenges that Asian nations deliberately suppress and architectural\/urban studies rarely acknowledge.\" - Anoma Pieris, \u003ci\u003eComparative Studies in Society and History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Appearances of Memory \u003c\/i\u003eoffers fresh perspectives and intriguing analyses of the political culture of Indonesia as expressed through architecture, development, spatial relationships, and other facets of urban development in the colonial and national periods. It is further evidence of Abidin Kusno’s unique capacity to probe the inner life of Indonesia’s distinct political culture and to connect it to the structures that give it meaning.”—\u003cb\u003eChristopher Silver\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ePlanning the Megacity: Jakarta in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have always felt that we in Indonesia studies have been unusually lucky in having people thinking at the brink of the discipline, pushing the boundaries of the field. Abidin Kusno is one of those people. The Appearances of Memory is an extraordinary book.”—\u003cb\u003eRudolf Mrázek\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Certain Age: Colonial Jakarta through the Memories of Its Intellectuals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Appearance of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is very much a revisionist work that deftly manages a plethora of knowledge and detail about the Indonesian city to provide new insight into its dynamics. The book is full of pithy summations that deftly capture well developed themes in Indonesian sociological studies, but, more importantly, it contextualizes these themes through insightful analysis of architectural forms.” -- Robbie Peters * Oceania *\u003cbr\u003e“[Kusno] provides a brilliant diachronic cartography of different architectural and urban elements in contemporary Jakarta and their connection to or disjuncture from the past. . . . [T]his is an exceptional and truly enjoyable book, a good companion to the author’s previous book, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Postcolonial\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).” -- Eduardo Ascensão * Planning Perspectives *\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he essays are well-designed, their themes are carefully developed, and there is ample evidence to give credence to the conclusions that are drawn. The essays are scholarly, unambiguous, and meaningful to the reader. The use of examples from architecture are well-chosen and make the collection an especially good representative of this genre. The author’s two major themes. . .are a strong contribution to the scholarly literature on the history and architecture of Java. . . . [T]he work is well done and worth reading.” -- Howard M. Federspiel * Indonesia *\u003cbr\u003e“[U]nique and engaging. . . . [M]akes a considerable contribution to the discourse on ‘memory’ in architecture and urban studies, and in particular to broadening the understanding – and reading – of urban space within postcolonial nations.” -- Shenuka de Sylva * Asia Pacific Viewpoint *\u003cbr\u003e“This fine book has its origins in a series of essays published in the aftermath of the May 1998 rioting in Jakarta and the birth of the post-Suharto era, the product of the so-called \u003ci\u003ereformasi\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Photos and line drawings feature\u003cbr\u003e among some 60 illustrations, and there is a comprehensive bibliography, which includes, as might be expected, Indonesian and Dutch works. . . . I would highly recommend this book overall. . .” -- John P. Lea * Architectural Science Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"This…book demonstrates deep theoretical reflection on a number of different issues around the theme of memory as they are inscribed in material and spatial phenomena…. [Kusno] exposes social challenges that Asian nations deliberately suppress and architectural\/urban studies rarely acknowledge.\" -- Anoma Pieris * Comparative Studies in Society and History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Governmentality \u003cbr\u003e 1. Whither Nationalist Urbanism? Public Life in Governor Sutiyoso's Jakarta 25\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Regime, the Busway, and the Construction of Urban Subjects in an Indonesian Metropolis 49\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Back to the City\": Urban Architecture in the New Indonesia 71\u003cbr\u003e Remembering and Forgetting \u003cbr\u003e 4. Glodok on Our Minds: Chinese Culture and the Forgetting of the May Riots 101\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Afterlife of the Empire Style, \u003ci\u003eIndische Architectuur\u003c\/i\u003e, and Art Deco 125\u003cbr\u003e Reminiscences \u003cbr\u003e 6. Colonial Cities in Motion: Urban Symbolism and Popular Radicalism 155\u003cbr\u003e 7. Urban Pedagogy: The Appearance of Order and Normality in Late Colonial Java, 1926–42 182\u003cbr\u003e Mental Nebulae \u003cbr\u003e 8. \"The Reality of One-Which-Is-Two\": Java's Reception of Global Islam 203\u003cbr\u003e 9. Guardian of Memories: The \u003ci\u003eGardu\u003c\/i\u003e in Urban Java 223\u003cbr\u003e Notes 279\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 313\u003cbr\u003e Index 327","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406058332503,"sku":"9780822346470","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822346470.jpg?v=1730494389","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-appearances-of-memory-9780822346470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}