Studying the Chinese in Indonesia: a long half-century

In the years since Indonesian independence, English-language works have dominated studies of Indonesian Chinese. A brief survey of influential researchers and their topics since Indonesian independence traces changes in scholarly interest from citizenship and assimilation to regional diversity, cult...

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Main Author: Heidhues, Mary Somers (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Novemver 2017
In: Sojourn
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 601-633
Further subjects:B Ethnicity
B Minority
B State
B China
B Economic behavior
B Cultural identity
B Population group
B History
B Chinese people
B Ethnic group
B Indonesia
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Summary:In the years since Indonesian independence, English-language works have dominated studies of Indonesian Chinese. A brief survey of influential researchers and their topics since Indonesian independence traces changes in scholarly interest from citizenship and assimilation to regional diversity, culture and identity, economic activity, religion and literature. Increasingly, researchers are themselves Indonesians and other Asians, and their home institutions range from Western countries to Southeast Asia. (Sojourn/GIGA)
ISSN:0217-9520
Contains:Enthalten in: Sojourn