A Certain Age

Colonial Jakarta through the Memories of Its Intellectuals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19902278
AutoresRudolf Mrázek (autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Páginas310
Fecha de publicación2010-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaA certain age (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26530/oapen_625230
OpenAlexW4255214299
Open LibraryOL24520810M
ISBN9780822346852
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas29

'A Certain Age' is an unconventional, evocative work of history and a moving reflection on memory, modernity, space, time, and the limitations of traditional historical narratives. Rudolf Mrázek visited Indonesia throughout the 1990s, recording lengthy interviews with elderly intellectuals in and around Jakarta. With few exceptions, they were part of an urban elite born under colonial rule and educated at Dutch schools. From the early twentieth century, through the late colonial era, the national revolution, and well into independence after 1945, these intellectuals injected their ideas of modernity, progress, and freedom into local and national discussion. When Mrázek began his interviews, he expected to discuss phenomena such as the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism. His interviewees, however, wanted to share more personal recollections. Mrázek illuminates their stories of the past with evocative depictions of their late-twentieth-century surroundings

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Index (typography) · Window (computing) · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · History · 20th century · Asian history · biography · Indonesia · Intellectuals · Interviews · Jakarta