Beginning to Remember: The Past in the Indonesian Present

Book Overview

Beginning to Remember charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. These cross-disciplinary pieces illuminate Indonesia's current efforts to reexamine and understand its past in order to shape new civic and cultural arrangements.

In 1998, "reformasi" brought a wave of relief and euphoria. But Suharto's removal did not dispel persistent corruption, official...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984694
• ISBN13: 9780295984698
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher