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Surabaya, 1945-2010 : neighbourhood, state and economy in Indonesia's city of struggle /
This is a study of urban society in one of Indonesia's main port cities. It views Surabaya from the experiences of the people who occupy its alleyways, riverbanks, and muddy roadsides, a group that has had little say in the making of policy or the writing of Indonesia's history. The settin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu : Honolulu :
Asian Studies Association of Australia ; in association with University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Southeast Asia publications series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a study of urban society in one of Indonesia's main port cities. It views Surabaya from the experiences of the people who occupy its alleyways, riverbanks, and muddy roadsides, a group that has had little say in the making of policy or the writing of Indonesia's history. The setting is a crowded low-income neighbourhood (kampung) that lies between the Surabaya River and the city's main southern boulevard. For those who live along this kampung's narrow alleyways, the city can be a violent landscape of exclusion and social asymmetry. From this perspective, Indonesia's landmark events, from the revolution of 1945 and the destruction of the Communist Party in 1965 to contemporary urban renewal and anti-terrorism campaigns, take on a new complexion. Using rich ethnographic details, the author describes how kampung residents have survived in the shadow of Indonesia's tumultuous economic growth and political reform and how they have contested government controls over the movement and settlement of people, limiting the state's ability to construct an urban citizenry that excludes newcomers. The kampung alternative is a "participative" citizenship that embraces new arrivals and draws them into the everyday life of the alleyways, using simple rituals such as death commemorations to "counter-map" static official representations of neighbourhood and community. Such local practices underpin kampung residents' claim to the alleyways and surrounding streets, where they struggle to maintain the informal economy that helps sustain their lives. |
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| Notas: | "Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with NUS Press and NIAS Press." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789971697945 9971697947 9780824838645 0824838645 |