
Appropriating Kartini
Colonial, National and Transnational Memories of an Indonesian Icon
ISEAS (Publisher)
Published on 28. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-981-4843-91-1 (ISBN)
Description
A famous Indonesian writer and feminist, Kartini (1879-1904) has been positioned at the forefront of nationalist and feminist movements in post-independence Indonesia, but the story of her struggle for equality has a global, and indeed, timeless reach. Appropriated by both local and international actors and institutions, including Dutch colonials, the Indonesian state, UNESCO and Eleanor Roosevelt, Kartini's memory has invariably been subjected to the political agendas and contestations occurring at key moments across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
The eight essays in this volume, written by an interdisciplinary group of historians, literary scholars and anthropologists, trace the many ambiguities, paradoxes, inconsistencies and contradictions in Kartini's memory and iconicity by paying equal attention to both Western and Asian contexts. By analysing the stunning legacy of this brilliant, passionate and self-consciously aristocratic young woman who tried to write her way out of a world of colonial racism and Javanese sexism, Appropriating Kartini analyses one hundred years of colonial, national and transnational struggles over what it means to be a woman of colour in global modernity.
The eight essays in this volume, written by an interdisciplinary group of historians, literary scholars and anthropologists, trace the many ambiguities, paradoxes, inconsistencies and contradictions in Kartini's memory and iconicity by paying equal attention to both Western and Asian contexts. By analysing the stunning legacy of this brilliant, passionate and self-consciously aristocratic young woman who tried to write her way out of a world of colonial racism and Javanese sexism, Appropriating Kartini analyses one hundred years of colonial, national and transnational struggles over what it means to be a woman of colour in global modernity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-4843-91-1 (9789814843911)
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Paul Bijl | Grace V.S. Chin
Appropriating Kartini
Colonial, National and Transnational Memories of an Indonesian Icon
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Paul Bijl is assistant professor in Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University.
Grace Chin is Senior Lecturer in English Language Studies at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Grace Chin is Senior Lecturer in English Language Studies at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.