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Inside Indonesian Society : An interpretation of cultural change in Java
Outline: This book is both an introduction to contemporary life in Javanese society and an analysis of the emerging Javanese-Indonesian culture. Since the Javanese constitute half of the highly diversified population of two hundred million, it is only to be expected that they should have a major impact on the evolution of Indonesia as a modern nation-state. Their dominance in the country's affairs inevitably gives rise to various tensions, and the Javanese-Indonesian culture the new power-holders are moulding is not to everybody's liking either. This study analyses these developments, explaining cultural persistence and change in a historical perspective and on the basis of the author's twenty-five years of five hand observations.
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