Indonesian state policy towards ethnic Chinese : from assimilation to multiculturalism? / Leo Suryadinata -- Historical impediments to the acceptance of ethnic Chinese in a multicultural Indonesia / Charles A. Coppel -- "Pri" and "non-Pri" students in assimilated schools : an assimilation policy in education during the Suharto period / Usman Pelly -- The social and cultural dimension of gender-based violence in Indonesia : from labelling to discrimination to violence / Mely G. Tan -- The Hainanese in Bali : a long process of integration / Myra Sidharta -- Ethnic Chinese literature in Indonesia : ethnicity and nationhood / Leo Suryadinata -- Diasporic literature? : new Chinese voices in Indonesia / Pamela Allen
Summary
"This book examines the various aspects of life for ethnic Chinese in Indonesia including acceptance by the Indonesian nationalists as part of the Indonesian nation, the pribumi model, discrimination and violence against the Chinese, the process of integration and assimilation, and the concept of "Chineseness" as seen through ethnic Chinese literature."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Papers from a third international symposium organized by the Journal of Anthropology Indonesia in Bali on 16-19 July 2002 with the theme "Rebuilding Indonesia: A Nation of 'Unity in Diversity'-Towards a Multicultural Society"