A Literary Mirror: Balinese Reflections on Modernity and Identity in the Twentieth CenturyI.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII.Appendices --Introduction; National literature, regional perspective.Indonesian literature; An overview --Newspaper literature --Tension between national and regional literature --Social commitment and mirror of identity --The development of Indonesian literature from Bali.Historical overview --The colonial period --The national revolution period --The New Order period --The Reformation period --Filling the space --From Balinese to Indonesian; Poetry from the colonial and national revolution periods.Early poetry and the debate over traditional identity --Contesting traditional status --Social concern as a reflection of regional identity --Poems related to gender issues --Shifting from regional to national identities --Different types of national identities --Reinventing Balinese cultural identity; Poetry from the New Order and Reformation periods.Following the national pattern --Poetry as self reflection --Expressions of social concern --Loss of land and identity --Temple space and cultural loss --Images of the human condition --Voices of resistance --Contesting caste identity.Literature and caste issues --Intercaste marriage and status --Caste in the play Kesetiaan perempuan --Intergenerational caste confl ict --The tragedy of intercaste marriage --The caste system and false identity --Caste conflict and issues of gender --Female identity; From repression to resistance.Gender issues in public discourse --The representation of women as sexual objects --Women as victims of progress --Female identity and gender equality --From repression to resistance --Between male and female writing --Balinese and Westerners.Early encounters between Balinese and Westerners --Between friend and intruder --Stereotyping and changing perceptions --Romantic relations and the possibility of intimacy --Are you Mr Wayan? --Romance and magic --The absence of Balinese women characters --Balinese identity and the 'Other' --Conclusion --Brief biographical notes on some Balinese writers --Poems cited in Chapter III --Poems cited in Chapter IV --Poems cited in Chapter VI --Sources of poems --Sources of prose and plays --Bibliography --Glossary --Index. |
Contents
CHAPTER I
Introduction
National literature regional perspective | 1 |
CHAPTER II
The development of Indonesian
literature from Bali | 27 |
CHAPTER III
From Balinese to Indonesian
Poetry from the colonial and
national revolution periods | 67 |
CHAPTER IV
Reinventing Balinese cultural identity
Poetry from the New Order
and Reformation periods | 111 |
CHAPTER V
Contesting caste identity | 149 |
CHAPTER VI
Female identity
From repression to resistance | 187 |
CHAPTER VII
Balinese and Westerners | 227 |
Conclusion | 267 |
APPENDICES
| 277 |
| 349 | |
Glossary | 371 |
| 373 | |
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