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Summary:

'A Certain Age' is an unconventional, evocative work of history and a moving reflection on memory, modernity, space, time, and the limitations of traditional historical narratives. Rudolf Mrázek visited Indonesia throughout the 1990s, recording lengthy interviews with elderly intellectuals in and around Jakarta. With few exceptions, they were part of an urban elite born under colonial rule and educated at Dutch schools. From the early twentieth century, through the late colonial era, the national revolution, and well into independence after 1945, these intellectuals injected their ideas of modernity, progress, and freedom into local and national discussion. When Mrázek began his interviews, he expected to discuss phenomena such as the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism. His interviewees, however, wanted to share more personal recollections. Mrázek illuminates their stories of the past with evocative depictions of their late-twentieth-century surroundings.
An ethnographic study of Jakarta, derived from the author's interviews with the city's elderly residents.

Table of Contents:

• Preface: promenades
• Technical note
• Bypasses and flyovers
• The walls
• The fences
• The classroom
• The window
• Postscript: sometimes voices.

Author/Creator:

Mrázek, Rudolf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Main Work:

A certain age: colonial Jakarta through the memories of its intellectuals [by Mrázek, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: A certain age (Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010 — ISBN 9780822346852 (cloth : alk. paper); LCCN 2009041449)

Related Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Subjects:

Intellectuals — Indonesia — Jakarta — Interviews

Jakarta (Indonesia) — History — 20th century

Intellectuals

Indonesia — Jakarta

1900-1999

Genres:

History

Interviews

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-301) and index.
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Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS646.29.D5 M739 2010eb

ISBNs:

9780822346852 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]
9780822346975 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
9780822392682 (electronic bk.)
0822392682 (electronic bk.)
128306555X [Invalid]
9781283065559 [Invalid]
0822346850 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0822346974 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
9781478091462 (online)
1478091460

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019667524

OCLC Numbers:

1256588421