Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and BelongingSiew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon Routledge, 2013 - 226 Seiten The Chinese in Indonesia form a significant minority of about three percent of the population, and have played a disproportionately important role in the country. Given that Chinese Indonesians are not seen as indigenous to the country and are consistently defined against Indonesian nationalism, most studies on the community concentrate on examining their ambivalent position as Indonesia's perennial "internal outsider." Chinese Indonesians Reassessed argues for the need to dislodge this narrow nationalistic approach and adopt fresh perspectives which acknowledge the full complexity of ethnic relations within the country. The focus of the book extends beyond Java to explore the historical development of Chinese Indonesian communities in more peripheral areas of Indonesia, such as Medan, the Riau Islands and West Kalimantan. It reveals the diverse religious practices of Chinese Indonesians, which are by no means confined to "Chinese" religions, and celebration of "Chinese" ethnic events. Presenting a rich array of historical and contemporary case studies, the book goes beyond national stereotypes to demonstrate how Chinese Indonesians interact with different spaces and environments to establish new Chinese Indonesian identities which are complex and multi-faceted. The book engages with a larger global literature concerned with diasporic Chinese identities and practices and offers sophisticated and empirically grounded insights on the commodification of ethnic cultures and religions. |
Inhalt
a critical reassessment of Chinese Indonesian Studies | 1 |
a transborder project of modernity in Batavia c 1900s | 27 |
Chinese school teachers in a transborder setting in the Dutch East Indies | 45 |
3 Chineseness belonging and cosmopolitan subjectivities in postSuharto independent films | 65 |
the social lives of confiscated Chinese properties in North Sumatra | 83 |
the case of the Pemangkat Chinese of West Kalimantan | 103 |
citizenship and belonging at Indonesias margins | 121 |
performing peoplehood | 138 |
negotiating Chineseness and Christianity in Indonesia | 159 |
the hybrid performance of Chinese Muslim preachers | 178 |
10 A controversy surrounding Chinese Indonesian Muslims practice of Imlek Salat in Central Java | 200 |
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Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging Siew-Min Sai,Chang-Yau Hoon Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2012 |
Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging Siew-Min Sai,Chang-Yau Hoon Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |