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Language ungoverned : Indonesia's Chinese print entrepreneurs, 1911-1949
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- Summary
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By exploring a rich array of Malay texts from novels and newspapers to poems and plays, Tom G. Hoogervorst's 'Language Ungoverned' examines how the Malay of the Chinese-Indonesian community defied ...
By exploring a rich array of Malay texts from novels and newspapers to poems and plays, Tom G. Hoogervorst's 'Language Ungoverned' examines how the Malay of the Chinese-Indonesian community defied linguistic and political governance under Dutch colonial rule, offering a fresh perspective on the subversive role of language in colonial power relations. As a liminal colonial population, the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia resorted to the press for their education, legal and medical advice, conflict resolution, and entertainment.
Details
- Creator
- Tom G. Hoogervorst
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2021
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps
- ISBNs
- 9781501758256, 9781501758232, 150175825X, 9781501758249, 1501758241, 1501758233, 9781501758225, 1501758225
- OCLC
- on1202733203
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration -- MAP -- Introduction: A Prism into the Past -- 1. Connected Language Histories -- 2. On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay -- 3. Printing, Pulp, and Popularity -- 4. Competing Expressions of Modernity -- 5. The Humoristic and the Invective -- Epilogue: An Important Historical Monument -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index
Subjects
- Malay language -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century.
- Malay language -- Dialects -- Political aspects -- Malaysia -- History -- 20th century.
- Popular literature -- Publishing -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
- Popular literature -- Indonesia -- Chinese influences.
- Malay literature -- Indonesia -- Chinese influences.
- Chinese -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
- Printing -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
- Language and culture -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
- Literature and society -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
- Languages in contact -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.