Research Catalog

Title

Anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia, 1996-1999 / Jemma Purdey.

Author

Purdey, Jemma, 1974-

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press in association with Asian Studies Association of Australia, c2006.

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Details

Description

xv, 300 p. : 1 map; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this first book-length study of anti-Chinese hostility during the collapse of Suharto's regime, Jemma Purdey presents a close analysis of the main incidents of violence during the transitional period between 1996 and 1999, and the unprecedented process of national reflection that ensued." "The mass violence that accompanied the fall of the regime in May 1998 affected not only ethnic Chinese but also indigenous Indonesians. The author places anti-Chinese riots within this broader context, considering causes and 'agency as well as the way violence has been represented.' While ethnicity and prejudice are central to the explanation put forward, she concludes that politics, economics and religion offer additional keys to understanding why such outbreaks occurred."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Asian Studies Association of Australia Southeast Asia publications series

Uniform Title

Southeast Asia publications series

Subjects

• Ethnic conflict > Indonesia
• Chinese > Violence against > Indonesia
• Chinese > Indonesia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-293) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chinese Indonesians : a minority in the middle -- Spreading discontent -- Rising anti-Chinese sentiment -- The climax -- The aftermath : representing and remembering -- Regime change and transition.

ISBN

• 0824830571
• 9780824830571

LCCN

^^2005028030

OCLC

• 61724445
• SCSB-11465319

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library