Flowering Lotus

A View of Java in the 1950s
Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-19-588946-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

As the first lecturer in English at the growing Gadja Mada University, Harold Forster spent four years in Jojakarta, the sanctuary of Java's ancient traditions, the capital of her sultans, and the cradle of Indonesia's newly-gained independence. This colourful commentary on the political, cultural, and social life of early 1950s Java studies the institutions of its mixed heritage, as well as delighting in its towns and cities, temples and palaces, crafts and countryside, dance forms and puppet drama.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forster, Harold

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Part One: The stubborn city: Ancient and modern; Street corner overture; The face of the future; The living past; The round of life; The palace; The sultan; Interlude in Bali: Demi-paradise; Part Two: Out and about: Landscape and legend; Hindu heritage; The other place; The rise of Islam; The president; Going west; Index

As the first lecturer in English at the growing Gadja Mada University, Harold Forster spent four years in Jojakarta, the sanctuary of Java's ancient traditions, the capital of her sultans, and the cradle of Indonesia's newly-gained independence. This colourful commentary on the political, cultural, and social life of early 1950s Java studies the institutions of its mixed heritage, as well as delighting in its towns and cities, temples and palaces, crafts and countryside, dance forms and puppet drama.