Memoirs of an Indo Woman - Twentieth Century Life in the East Indies and Abroad

The memoirs of Marguerite Schenkhuizen provide an overview of practically the whole of the twentieth century as experienced by persons of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry who lived in the former Dutch East Indies. The memoirs provide vignettes of Indonesian life, both rural and urban, as seen through the eyes of the author first as a girl, then as a wife separated from her husband during the Japanese occupation, finally as an immigrant to the United States after World War II. This self-portrait gives glimpses of the life of Indos from inside their society, glimpses that are valuable for their descendants as well as for outsiders. Written with humor and a positive tone, Schenkhuizen's story sets aside the myth that Indos were denied access to the upper layers of Dutch colonial society or were otherwise disadvantaged. Instead, her life story provides an authentic view of a vital Indo culture and experience that has been unavailable to the general reader of English.

Summary

The memoirs of Marguérite Schenkhuizen provide an overview of practically the whole of the twentieth century as experienced by persons of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry who lived in the former Dutch East Indies.

Product details

• Authors: Marguerite Schenkhuizen
• Assisted by: Lizelot Stout van Balgooy (Editor), Lizelot Stout van Balgooy (Editor), Lizelot Stout van Balgooy (Translation), Lizelot S. Van Balgooy (Translation), Lizelot Stout van Balgooy (Translation)
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780896801783
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-178-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series; Monographs in International St; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series; Monographs in International St
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous