Indonesia Reader

Tineke Hellwig and Eric Tagliacozzo (Editors)

Description

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the Reader includes more than 150 selections: journalists' articles, explorers' chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, speeches, and more. Many pieces are by Indonesians; some are translated into English for the first time. All have introductions by the volume's editors. Well-known figures such as Indonesia's acclaimed novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz are featured alongside other artists and scholars, as well as politicians, revolutionaries, colonists, scientists, and activists.Organized chronologically, the volume addresses early Indonesian civilizations; contact with traders from India, China, and the Arab Middle East; and the European colonization of Indonesia, which culminated in centuries of Dutch rule. Selections offer insight into Japan's occupation (1942-45), the establishment of an independent Indonesia, and the post-independence era, from Sukarno's presidency (1945-67), through Suharto's dictatorial regime (1967-98), to the present Reformasi period. Themes of resistance and activism recur: in a book excerpt decrying the exploitation of Java's natural wealth by the Dutch; in the writing of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904), a Javanese princess considered the icon of Indonesian feminism; in a 1978 statement from East Timor objecting to annexation by Indonesia; and in an essay by the founder of Indonesia's first gay activist group. From fifth-century Sanskrit inscriptions in stone to selections related to the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 tsunami, The Indonesia Reader conveys the long history and the cultural, ethnic, and ecological diversity of this far-flung archipelago nation.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Southeast Asia
• Indonesia
• History of Asia
• Indonésie

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 13 mars 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822392279
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Indonesia Reader

THE WORLD READERS A series edited by Robin Kirk and Orin Starn

Also in this series:

t h e a l a s k a n a t i v e r e a d e r Edited by Maria Williams

t h e indonesia reader

history, culture, politics

Edited by Tineke Hellwig and Eric Tagliacozzo

d u k e u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s Durham and London2009

©2009Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paperb Typeset in Monotype Dante by Achorn International Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction1

IEarly Histories13 The Kutei Inscriptions in Borneo,Anonymous17 The Shadow of India,Upendra Thakur20 The Genesis of Indonesian Archaeology,R. P. Soejono27 Javanese Inscriptions,Himansu Bhusan Sarkar34 What Was Srivijaya?George Coedès37 Srivijaya Revisited,Michel Jacq-Hergoualc’h44 Arab Navigation in the Archipelago,G. R. Tibbetts48 Viewing the Borobudur,Jan Poortenaar54 In Praise of Prambanan56 The¯trkaragamagaN¯a,Mpu Prapañca58 Images Arjuna and Kresna61

IIEarly Modern Histories63 Ibn Battuta at Pasai,Ibn Battuta67 Chinese Muslims in Java,H. J. de Graaf and Th. F. Pigeaud70 Portuguese Sources on Products and the Monsoons,Robert Nicholl75 The First Dutch Voyage to the Indies,1596,Willem Lodewijcksz80 The Web of Batik85 An Englishman in Banten,Edmund Scott87 A “Harem” in Aceh92 Contract with Banjarmasin,Anonymous94 General Missives of thevoc,Anonymous96 Negara: The Theatre State in Bali,Clifford Geertz99

vi Contents IIICultures in Collision105 TheTuhfat al-Nafis,Raja Ali al-Haji Riau109 TheHikayat Abdullah,Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi113 TheLa Galigoas Bugis History,Sirtjo Koolhof115 TheBabad Dipanegarain Java,Peter Carey121 Sasak Literature of Lombok,Geoffrey Marrison125 Max Havelaar,Multatuli128 A Naturalist Climbs a Mountain,Alfred Russel Wallace133 Surveilling the Arabs,Consulate Officials137 A Pioneer of Women’s Rights,Raden Ajeng Kartini140 Chinese Coolies to Sumatra,William Pickering146

IVThrough Travelers’ Eyes149 Visiting Banjarmasin,Daniel Beekman153 The Lure of Spice in the Moluccas159 An Englishman in New Guinea,Thomas Forrest161 Letters from Chinese Merchants to Batavia,Leonard Blussé165 Pirates on the Java Sea,George Earl173 Colonial Geography in Kei and Flores,C. M. Kan177 Bugis Ships of Sulawesi179 Traversing the Interior of Palembang,H. H. van Kol181 The Zoology of the Indies,L. F. de Beaufort184 The Indonesian Hajj in Colonial Times190

VHigh Colonial Indies193 Chinese Traders in the Villages,M. R. Fernando and David Bulbeck197 Is Opium a Genuine Evil?J. Groneman202 River Travel in the Padang Uplands,Anonymous207 Ethnographic Notes on Sumba,J. J. van Alphen211 Advice on Islam,C. Snouck Hurgronje214 Marriage in Minahasa,Anonymous218 Shooting a Tiger,Anonymous224 The Endless War in Aceh,Aceh Documentation Center228 Beriberi: Disease among the Troops234 Protestant Missions in the Indies,Baron van Boetzelaer van Dubbeldam236 The Oceanography of the Archipelago,G. F. Tydeman241

Contentsvii VIthe IndiesThe Last Decades of 245 Java’s Railways,S. A. Reitsma249 The Eruption of Krakatoa,R. A. van Sandick252 Colonizing Central Sulawesi,Joost Coté256 The Welfare on Java and Madura,Dutch East Indies Welfare Committee260 The BalinesePuputan,Jhr. H. M. Van Weede262 The Sarekat Islam Congress,1916,O. S. Tjokroaminoto265 The Youth Oath,Anonymous269 The Adventures of a New Language,Benedict R. O’G. Anderson271 Community of Exiles in Boven Digul,Mas Marco Kartodikromo275 Out of Bounds,Soewarsih Djojopoespito280 Changes in Indonesian Society,Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana283 Me and Toba,P. Pospos286

VIIFrom Nationalism to Independence291 Government News,Gunseikanbu295 Fifty Years of Silence,Jan Ruff-O’Herne299 Drawings from a Japanese Camp,Mieneke Van Hoogstraten303 Exploring Panca Sila,Sukarno305 Memories of a Freedom Fighter,Roswitha Djajadiningrat309 Revolutionary Poetry,Chairil Anwar313 Straightening Out Celebes,Raymond Westerling315 The1948Madiun Incident,Suar Suroso319 The South Moluccan Case,Department of Public Information of the Republic of South Moluccas322

VIIIThe Old Order, the New Order—Political Climate329 The1955Elections,Herbert Feith333 Joint Proclamation Text,Abdul Qahhar Mudzakkar337 I Am a Papua,Zacharias Sawor340 A Soldier Stateman,Julius Pour344 The Mass Killings of1965–66,Robert Cribb347 Suharto, My Thoughts, Words, Deeds,Suharto352 Student Demonstrations,R. Slamet Iman Santoso356 CartoonsSjahriras Chair ofkami359 Our Struggle against Indonesian Aggression,Republica Democratica de Timor Leste361

viii Contents IXSocial Issues and Cultural Debates365 Cultural Workers Must Lead the Way,Amya Iradat369 The1963Cultural Manifesto372 The Chinese Minority in Indonesia,Leo Suryadinata374 The Young Divorcee,Nh. Dini378 Tracing the Twilight of Jakarta,Yuyu A. N. Krisna384 The Mute’s Soliloquy,Pramoedya Ananta Toer388 Marsinah Accuses,Ratna Sarumpaet393 Why Was tempo Banned?Team of tempo Journalists397 Saman,Ayu Utami402

XInto the Twenty-First Century407 Jakarta, February14, 2039,Seno Gumira Ajidarma411 Jakarta2039, Forty Years after May13–14, 1998,Seno Gumira Ajidarma and Zacky414 IfpanWins the Election,Amien Rais417 Gays and Lesbians in Indonesia,Dédé Oetomo421 The Violence in Ambon,Human Rights Watch424 The Bali Bombing,Interview with Imam Samudera429 Megawati Sukarnoputri,Fabiola Desy Unidjaja433 Saving the Komodo Dragons,Indira Permanasari435 Post-Tsunami Aceh,Scott Baldauf440 The Danish Cartoon Controversy,Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono444 The Politics of Bare Flesh,Desi Anwar446

Suggestions for Further Reading Acknowledgment of Copyrights Index465

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Acknowledgments

The preparations for this book took a good amount of time and energy over a number of years. We conceptualized the project and had to make difcult de- cisions over what to include. We singled out the approximately one hundred selections of sources from the many thousands that exist. The most arduous part of compilingThe Indonesia Readerwas to make choices knowing that we had to omit a great many interesting texts and topics. Once our selections were complete, we needed to begin translating the Indonesian and Dutch ma- terials. The next step was researching and annotating the selections; writing the section introductions took more time, as did that of the introduction for the entire book. In addition we had to wrap our heads around the unfamiliar tasks of dealing with images, copyrights, orthographies, and other details. We are very glad that this book is nished, the more so because it gives us the opportunity to share our passion for Indonesia and its people with others. There are a number of people we wish to thank for their continuous support and encouragement. At Duke University Press, we are rst and foremost in- debted to Valerie Millholland, who as the editor of the book patiently guided us through this whole process over a long time. We also need to thank Miriam Angress, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and Neal McTighe at Duke University Press who generously helped us in a number of ways with their technical and ad- ministrative skills and insights. Our research assistants, Manneke Budiman and Heather McLoughlan, chased down copyrights and images, wrote to publishers, and performed a number of other time-consuming tasks. Without them the preparation of the manuscript would have taken much longer. We are grateful to Manneke Budiman, Oiyan Liu, and A. van de Rijt for their as- sistance with the translations. We also thank Jaap Anten, Marieke Bloember- gen, Karel van der Hucht, Korrie Korevaart, Betty Litamahuputty, Mieneke Mees, Willem van der Molen, Dolores Puigantell, Ling Xiang Quek, Henk Saaltink, Dirk Verbeek, and Wil van Yperen for all the help they provided to us in a variety of ways. Our respective partners, Hubert Vrolyk and Katherine Peipu Lee, prob- ably never thought that this project would go on as long as it did. They are as pleased as we are to see it appearing in print.