Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini
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- ISBN 9780819147585
- Weight: 322g
- Dimensions: 135 x 217mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 1992
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Translated from the original Dutch by Agnes Louise Symmers and originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, this collection of letters was written by the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. She had been permitted the unusual privilege of attending a Dutch elementary school, but then returned home to seclusion during her adolescence, as was the Indonesian custom for women. The letters provide a fascinating picture of the life and spirit of the time during the period when Java was undergoing intimate contact with Western civilization. Through her writings she became a spokesman for the liberation and education of women, as well as an advocate for Indonesian nationalist aspirations. Co-published with the Asia Society.
