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Author Williams, Walter L., 1948-

Title Javanese lives : women and men in modern Indonesian society / by Walter L. Williams with Claire Siverson ... [and others] ; with an introduction by James Peacock
Published New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description xxii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Paths to present : village life and urban development--Holding on to the past : the artistic and spiritual traditions--Looking toward the future : development, education and youth
Summary "Java is the most populous island of Indonesia, the fifth largest nation in the world. Yet despite its importance, outsiders know little about the country or its people. With the help of Indonesian students and scholars, Walter L. Williams has collected and translated the life histories of twenty-seven Javanese women and men. The people interviewed tell how they have coped with rapid social and economic change, and the transformation of their traditions. Williams has carefully selected the individuals he includes to represent a wide diversity of Java's people. We hear from fascinating men and women of various religions, from the rich and the poor, and from different ethnic backgrounds. Diversity is a constant theme, as evidenced by a poor pedicab driver who can barely scrape along, by a rich businesswoman who explains how she balances her professional and domestic roles, by an educated and respected homosexual school principal, and by an illiterate mother of fourteen children. All of them present in their lives a unique Javanese approach to living. These oral histories were derived from elderly people, who have a larger perspective on the changes they have seen in their lifetimes. The focus of the first section of the book is the way people have adapted in their daily lives to massive social and economic changes. In the middle section, we hear from the Javanese who represent traditional values in the midst of change. Finally, we hear from educators and parents who tell us of their concerns for Indonesian youth and the future of Indonesia."--publisher
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 225-231
Subject Men -- Indonesia -- Java -- Interviews.
Women -- Indonesia -- Java -- Interviews.
SUBJECT Java (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069786 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004833
Java (Indonesia) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001372
Java (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069786 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Java (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115663
Java (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069786 -- Bibliography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001362
Author Peacock, James.
Siverson, Claire.
LC no. 90045113
ISBN 081351648X
0813516498 (paperback)