Hadrami Arabs in Present-Day Indonesia - An Indonesia-Oriented Group With an Arab Signature

Informationen zum Autor Frode F. Jacobsen is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has a special interest in health issues, local forms of knowledge, and culture and migration. Klappentext This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Historical and Wider Ethnographic Background 3. Hadramis in Indonesia: Introduction to Hadrami Communities on the Islands of Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa 4. ‘We are Modern Indonesians’: Continuity and Change among Present-day Hadrami Communities in Indonesia 5. Between Ideologies of Equality and Social Stratification 6. Hadramis in Diversity: A Focus on Some Unique Adaptations on Bali and Beyond 7. Concluding Thoughts

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• Authors: Frode F Jacobsen, Frode F. Jacobsen, Frode F. (University of Bergen Jacobsen, JACOBSEN FRODE F
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2008
• EAN: 9780415480925
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48092-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary Southea; Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice