Bangsa and Umma: Development of People-Grouping Concepts in Islamized Southeast Asia: 21 (Kyoto Area Studies on Asia) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1920901523 ISBN 13: 9781920901523

Verlag: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Having experienced a large-scale reorganisation of social order over the past decade, people of the Malay world have struggled to position themselves. They have been classified - and have classified themselves - with categories as bangsa (nation/ethnic group) and umma (Islamic network).

In connection with these key concepts, this study explores a variety of dimensions of these and other 'people-grouping' classifications, which also include Malayu, Jawi, and Paranakan. This book examines how these categories played a significant part in the colonial and post-colonial periods in areas ranging from Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It demonstrates the extent to which shifting social conditions interact with the contours of group identity. This is a collaborative work by scholars based in the US, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia.

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Having experienced a large-scale reorganization of social order over the past decade, people of the Malay world have struggled to position themselves. They have been classified - and have classified themselves - with categories as bangsa (nation/ethnic group) and umma (Islamic network). In connection with these key concepts, this study explores a variety of dimensions of these and other 'people-grouping' classifications, which also include Malayu, Jawi, and Paranakan. The book examines how these categories played a significant part in the colonial and post-colonial periods in areas ranging from Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It demonstrates the extent to which shifting social conditions interact with the contours of group identity. This is a collaborative work by scholars based in the US, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia. *** "Understanding the genealogy of people-grouping concepts provides valuable insight into the mechanics of power relations and how the agency of cultural identification constructs the continuity and the contentious in the political world". Pacific Affairs, Vol. 85, No. 4, December 2012.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1920901523
• ISBN 13: 9781920901523
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290
• Herausgeber: Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Milner Anthony, Kawashima Midori, Arai Kazuhiko
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