- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (1 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691016925
- ISBN-13: 978-0691016924
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,695,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Brenner has made an intelligent use of her ethnographic experiences to formulate a compelling and highly readable text on issues of current theoretical concern. Her work displays an admirable grasp of the complex social and economic transformations which have taken place in Java over the last century . . .[A] timely and impressive book. -- Jennifer Alexander, Pacific Affairs
Suzanne Brenner's book is an engaging account of the making of modernity and its reversals . . . In the batik-producing district of Laweyan, Solo, Java. -- Maila Stivens, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Suzanne Brenner's book is an engaging account of the making of modernity and its reversals . . . In the batik-producing district of Laweyan, Solo, Java. -- Maila Stivens, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Jennifer Alexander, Pacific Affairs
Compelling and highly readable. . . . [A] timely and impressive book.
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THIS CHAPTER introduces the neighborhood of Laweyan, both as a site of ethnographic inquiry and as a community that was born out of the social and economic transformations of late colonial Java. Read the first page
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The New Anthropology
21 April 2000
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Brenner's book has emerged out of a relatively new movement among the anthropological intellectual circles, a movement that examines modernity and its effects on cultures. This movement is a long overdue change from the search for lost and untouched tribes that defined anthropology in its early years. Focusing on gender ideology and domesticity on the island of Java in Indonesia, Brenner examines the important yet unrecognized and often contradictory roles of women in the marketplace, home, and society. Of particular interest is how these roles promote social cohesion. This study is an excellent attempt at applying sociological and anthropological method to contemporary issues. This book is written at a college and scholarly level. I highly recommend it for those interested in SE Asia, women's studies, or for those who are seeking an adventureous insight into a different corner of the world.
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