Memories of Unbelonging Ethnic Chinese Identity Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia

About the author

Charlotte Setijadi is assistant professor of humanities (education) in the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University.

Summary

Offes an ethnographic study of how collective memories of state-sponsored ethnic discrimination have shaped Chinese identity politics in Indonesia. Combining case studies, primary data and analysis of Indonesia’s contemporary political landscape, Charlotte Setijadi argues that trauma narratives are at the core of modern Chinese identity politics.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Setijadi
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.10.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780824894054
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-9405-4
• Pages: 322
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 23.1 x 3 cm
• Weight (packing): 544 g
• Series: New Southeast Asia: Politics,; New Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory
• Subjects: Indonesien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Issues, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies