TELLING LIVES, TELLING HISTORY Edited by Susan Rodgers - Autobiographical and Historical Imagination in Modern Indonesia

A hard to find English translation of two Indonesian childhood memoirs from the post-revolutionary period.

This is a used book in very good condition: clean with light edge wear and shelf marks; pages are nice and clean and aging lightly; excellent binding with no spine creases. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: These two memoirs, superbly rendered into English for the first time, provide unique windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early twentieth-century history of Southeast Asia, in general. Originally published soon after the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) liberated the island chain from Dutch control, these unusually insightful narratives recall the authors' boyhoods in rural Toba Batak and Minangkabau villages. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers inevitably tell the story of their country's turbulent journey from colonial subjugation through revolution to independence. Susan Rodgers's perceptive introduction illuminates the importance of autobiography in developing historical consciousness and imagining a national future.

Book Details

Code: SKU1548

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Large Paperback

Pages: 333

Published: 1995 by University of California Press, USA

ISBN: 0520085477

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