Beyond Bali: Subaltern Citizens and Post-Colonial Intimacy (Asian Heritages) - Hardcover

Dragojlovic, Ana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9462980640 ISBN 13: 9789462980648

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This ethnography explores how Balinese citizens produce postcolonial intimacy-a complex interaction of claims to proximity and mutuality between themselves and the Dutch under colonialism that continues today. Such claims, Ana Dragojlovic explains, are crucial for the diasporic reconfiguration of kebalian, or Balinese-ness, a concept that encompasses the personal, social, and cultural complexities involved in Balinese identity in Dutch postcolonial society. This identity enables Balinese migrants to see themselves as carriers of unique cultural traditions both promoted by and in disagreement with Dutch cultural values.

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About the Author:

Ana Dragojlovic is a lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is an anthropologist working at the intersections of mobility, post-colonial and critical race studies, feminist and queer theory, and masculinity studies. She is currently working on a project that focuses on therapy cultures, particularly as they related to historical violence with interests in affect, embodiment, and subjectivity. Her regional specialisation reflects her interest in diasporas and empires and includes Indonesia, the Netherlands, Dutch East-Indies and Afro-Asian connections (particularly in relation to the Afro-Caribbean).

Review:

“Ana Dragojlovic’s richly recounted, lovingly written, and often intensely moving ethnography explores the transnational anxieties of identity, using the concept of 'post-colonial intimacy' to bring to the fore the conflicted situation of these doubly alienated transnational islanders in search of the assurance of familiar roots. . . . The grace of her prose is a fitting frame for the story of a people who face uncertain futures with the elegance and poise for which their heritage has long been famous." (Michael Herzfeld, from the foreword)

“A searching look at the complex emotions that continue to shape the Balinese imagination of the Dutch.” (Tanya Luhrman, Stanford University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9462980640
• ISBN 13: 9789462980648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204