Fetish, Recognition, Revolution

by James T. Siegel

This book concerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. James Siegel, an anthropologist with long experience in various parts of that country, traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century. At that time, the peoples of the Dutch East Indies began to translate literature from most places in the world. Siegel discovers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691026521
• ISBN13: 9780691026527
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"