The politics of heritage in Indonesia : a cultural history /

"Starting at Hindu-Buddhist, Chinese, Islamic, colonial, and prehistoric heritage sites in Indonesia, the focus is on people's encounters and the knowledge exchange taking place across colonial and postcolonial regimes. Objects are followed as they move from their site of origin to other l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bloembergen, Marieke, 1967- (Author), Eickhoff, Martijn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Series:Asian connections (Series)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Towards a Mobile History of Heritage Formation in Asia Formation in Asia
  • Site Interventions, Knowledge Networks,and Changing Loyalties on Java, 1800-1850s
  • Exchange, Protection, and the Social Life of Java's Antiquities, 1860s-1910s
  • Great Sacred Majapahit:Biographies of a Javanese Javanese Site in the Nineteenth Site in the Nineteenth Century Century
  • Greater Majapahit: The Makings of a Indonesian Site Across Decolonisation, 1900s-1950s
  • The Prehistoric Cultures and Historic Past of South-Sumatra on the Move
  • Resurrecting Siva, Expanding Local Pasts: Central : Centralisation and the Forces of Imagination Across War and Regime Changes, 1920s-1950s
  • Fragility, Losing, and Anxiety Over Loss: Difficult Pasts in Wider Asian and Global Contexts
  • Epilogue: Heritage Sites, Difficult Histories, and 'Hidden Forces' in Postcolonial Indonesia.