Silenced voices : uncovering a family's colonial history in Indonesia / Inez Hollander
- Bib ID:
- 4583217
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hollander, Inez, 1965-
- Description:
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- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Research in International Studies ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2008
- xxvi, 278 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780896802698
- 0896802698
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 119.
- Summary:
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"Like a number of Netherlanders in the post World War II era, Inez Hollander only gradually became aware that her family had significant connections with its Dutch colonial past, including an Indonesian great-grandmother. For the most part such personal stories have been, if not entirely silenced, at least only whispered about in Holland, where society has remained uncomfortable with many aspects of its imperial rule."
"Unlike the majority of memoirs that are soaked in nostalgia for tempo dulu, Hollander's sets out to come to grips with her family's past by weaving together personal records with more general, academic views of the period. She seeks not merely to locate and preserve family memories, but also to test them against a more disinterested historical record. Hers is a complicated and sometimes painful personal journey of realization, unusually mindful of the ways in which past memories and present considerations can be intermingled when we seek to understand a difficult past. Silenced Voices is an important contribution to the literature on how Dutch society has dealt with its recent colonial history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Family Tree
- 1. From Polder to Empire
- 2. Creole Roots
- 3. Tosari Tragedy
- 4. A New Century, a New Age
- 5. Rubber
- 6. 1929, Turning Point
- 7. Kali Jompo during the Great Depression
- 8. Last Birds of Paradise
- 9. The Japanese Invasion
- 10. Peddy's Fate
- 11. The Planters' Dossiers from the Secret Archives
- 12. Wallpaper Paste and Dog Sambal
- 13. Liberation?
- 14. Last Train to Surabaya
- 15. October 28, 1945 The Forgotten October Revolution
- Appendix. The Stucky Family and the Diest-Lorgions.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ohio University. Research in International Studies
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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