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Author_Joel Kahn
Bukit Tinggi
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Civil Society
colonial discourse transformation
Colonial Indonesia
colonial land tenure
cultural modernisation
Domain Declaration
Dutch colonialism
East Indies
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ethnographic theory
Hak Ulayat
Household Output
Javanese Agriculture
Kaum Muda
Limapuluh Kota
local Indonesian newspapers
Minangkabau Adat
Minangkabau Culture
Minangkabau Villages
modern cultural transformation
Negeri Sembilan
Padang Panjang
peasant class formation
Peasant Enterprises
PKI Support
Southeast Asian anthropology
Southern Frontier
state bureaucracy history
Sumatra's West Coast
Sumatra’s West Coast
Tanah Datar
Traditional Minangkabau
Van Vollenhoven
West Sumatra
Wild Cinnamon
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367716868
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This account of culture and society in the villages of West Sumatra, Indonesia, during the period of Dutch colonialism is based on materials collected from the colonial archives, local Indonesian newspapers and recent fieldwork in Malaysia and Indonesia. The author argues that the impact of colonial land-grabbing and political control led to the formation of a peasant economy in the period.At the same time, the author tackles issues in the recent anthropological debates about ethnography and culture to argue that this period also witnessed the construction of what we now call 'Minangkabau Culture' - a process that involved western ethnographers, colonial officials and Minangkabau intellectuals in an often conflicted process of modern cultural transformation.
Joel S Kahn Professor of Anthropology and Sociology,La Trobe University
