Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index
In English; source texts in Indonesian and English
Beschreibung:
"The first English-language work to comprehensively analyse Indonesian-language literature from Bali from a literary and cultural viewpoint. It covers the period from 1920 to 2000. This is an extremely rich field for research into the ways Balinese view their culture and how they respond to external cultural forces. This work complements the large number of existing studies of Bali and its history, anthropology, traditional literature, and the performing arts"--Page 4 of cover
I.introduction; national literature, regional perspective --II.The development of Indonesian literature from Bali --III.From Balinese to Indonesian; poetry from the colonial and national revolution periods --IV.Reinventing Balinese cultural identity; poetry from the New Order and Reformation periods --V.Contesting caste identity --VI.Female identity; from repression to resistance --VII.Balinese and westerners --Conclusion --Appendix A:Brief biographical notes on some Balinese writers --Appendix B:Poems cited in Chapter III --Appendix C:Poems cited in Chapter IV --Appendix D:Poems cited in Chapter VI --Appendix E:Sources of poems --Appendix F:Sources of prose and plays.
I.Introduction; National literature, regional perspective.Indonesian literature; An overview --Newspaper literature --Tension between national and regional literature --Social commitment and mirror of identity --II.The development of Indonesian literature from Bali.Historical overview --The colonial period --The national revolution period --The New Order period --The Reformation period --Filling the space --III.From Balinese to Indonesian; Poetry from the colonial and national revolution periods.Early poetry and the debate over traditional identity --Contesting traditional status --Social concern as a reflection of regional identity --Poems related to gender issues --Shifting from regional to national identities --Different types of national identities --IV.Reinventing Balinese cultural identity; Poetry from the New Order and Reformation periods.Following the national pattern --Poetry as self reflection --Expressions of social concern --Loss of land and identity --Temple space and cultural loss --Images of the human condition --Voices of resistance --V.Contesting caste identity.Literature and caste issues --Intercaste marriage and status --Caste in the play Kesetiaan perempuan --Intergenerational caste confl ict --The tragedy of intercaste marriage --The caste system and false identity --Caste conflict and issues of gender --VI.Female identity; From repression to resistance.Gender issues in public discourse --The representation of women as sexual objects --Women as victims of progress --Female identity and gender equality --From repression to resistance --Between male and female writing --VII.Balinese and Westerners.Early encounters between Balinese and Westerners --Between friend and intruder --Stereotyping and changing perceptions --Romantic relations and the possibility of intimacy --Are you Mr Wayan? --Romance and magic --The absence of Balinese women characters --Balinese identity and the 'Other' --Conclusion --Appendices --Brief biographical notes on some Balinese writers --Poems cited in Chapter III --Poems cited in Chapter IV --Poems cited in Chapter VI --Sources of poems --Sources of prose and plays --Bibliography --Glossary --Index.