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- Condition
- ISBN
- 0822316226
- EAN
- 9780822316220
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback
- Release Title
- Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future: History as Prophecy i...
- Artist
- Florida, Nancy K.
- Brand
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- Colour
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- Book Title
- Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future : History As Prophecy in Colonial Java
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Asia / Southeast Asia
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 470 Pages
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822316226
ISBN-13
9780822316220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
432725
Product Key Features
Book Title
Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future : History As Prophecy in Colonial Java
Number of Pages
470 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
94-045845
Reviews
"A highly original book. Florida's superior reading and translation abundantly show that Babad Jaka Tingkur is a spectacular and exciting text. Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future is of great relevance not only for Indonesianists but easily could enrich and inspire discussions and polemics in the fields of literary theory, history, and anthropology."-Hendrik M. Maier, Rijks University, Leiden, " Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future could only have been written by someone who has not only the most technically precise knowledge of the Javanese language and the history of its social uses, but also one acutely aware of the raging debates around the critical study of non-Western histories; recent work on poststructuralist and postcolonial understandings of literature, power, and agency; and a keen appreciation of the politics of historical scholarship on and in Indonesia. Nancy Florida succeeds on all counts."--Vincente Rafael, University of California, San Diego, " Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future could only have been written by someone who has not only the most technically precise knowledge of the Javanese language and the history of its social uses, but also one acutely aware of the raging debates around the critical study of non-Western histories; recent work on poststructuralist and postcolonial understandings of literature, power, and agency; and a keen appreciation of the politics of historical scholarship on and in Indonesia. Nancy Florida succeeds on all counts."-Vincente Rafael, University of California, San Diego, "A highly original book. Florida's superior reading and translation abundantly show that Babad Jaka Tingkur is a spectacular and exciting text. Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future is of great relevance not only for Indonesianists but easily could enrich and inspire discussions and polemics in the fields of literary theory, history, and anthropology."--Hendrik M. Maier, Rijks University, Leiden, " Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future could only have been written by someone who has not only the most technically precise knowledge of the Javanese language and the history of its social uses, but also one acutely aware of the raging debates around the critical study of non-Western histories; recent work on poststructuralist and postcolonial understandings of literature, power, and agency; and a keen appreciation of the politics of historical scholarship on and in Indonesia. Nancy Florida succeeds on all counts."--Vincente Rafael, University of California, San Diego "A highly original book. Florida's superior reading and translation abundantly show that Babad Jaka Tingkur is a spectacular and exciting text. Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future is of great relevance not only for Indonesianists but easily could enrich and inspire discussions and polemics in the fields of literary theory, history, and anthropology."--Hendrik M. Maier, Rijks University, Leiden
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
959.8/2015
Table Of Content
Contents List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgments A Note on Manuscripts, Spelling, Pronunciation, and Translation Titles in the Kraton Surakarta Abbreviations Introduction: On the Possibilities of Reading in Java Chapter 1. The Writing of a History Chapter 2. Babad Jaka Tingkir in Translation Chapter 3. Invoking the Future in Writing a Past Chapter 4. A Question of Visibility: Writing History in Java Chapter 5. The Demak Mosque: A Construction of Authority Chapter 6. Three Javanese Gurus: On the Generation of Marginal Powers Conclusion: History and Prophecy Appendix I. Descriptive Table of Contents for Kupiya Iber Warni-warni Sampéyan-dalem kaping VI Appendix II. Genealogy of Sarifi Ibrahim Madyakusuma Appendix III. Meters of Babad Jaka Tingkir Appendix IV. Opening Lines of Cantos: Babad Jaka Tingkir Glossary of Selected Terms and Titles Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Located at the juncture of literature, history, and anthropology, Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy inscribed in the nineteenth century by a royal Javanese exile--working through this writing of a colonized past to suggest the reconfiguration of the postcolonial future that this history itself apparently intends. After introducing the colonial and postcolonial orientalist projects that would fix the meaning of traditional writing in Java, Nancy K. Florida provides a nuanced translation of this particular traditional history, a history composed in poetry as the dream of a mysterious exile. She then undertakes a richly textured reading of the poem that discloses how it manages to escape the fixing of "tradition." Adopting a dialogic strategy of reading, Florida writes to extend--as the work's Javanese author demands--this history's prophetic potential into a more global register. Babad Jaka Tingkir , the historical prophecy that Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future translates and reads, is uniquely suited for such a study. Composing an engaging history of the emergence of Islamic power in central Java around the turn of the sixteenth century, Babad Jaka Tingkir was written from the vantage of colonial exile to contest the more dominant dynastic historical traditions of nineteenth-century court literature. Florida reveals how this history's episodic form and focus on characters at the margins of the social order work to disrupt the genealogical claims of conventional royal historiography--thus prophetically to open the possibility of an alternative future., Located at the juncture of literature, history, and anthropology, Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future charts a strategy of how one might read a traditional text of non-Western historical literature in order to generate, with it, an opening for the future. This book does so by taking seriously a haunting work of historical prophecy inscribed in the nineteenth century by a royal Javanese exile-working through this writing of a colonized past to suggest the reconfiguration of the postcolonial future that this history itself apparently intends. After introducing the colonial and postcolonial orientalist projects that would fix the meaning of traditional writing in Java, Nancy K. Florida provides a nuanced translation of this particular traditional history, a history composed in poetry as the dream of a mysterious exile. She then undertakes a richly textured reading of the poem that discloses how it manages to escape the fixing of "tradition." Adopting a dialogic strategy of reading, Florida writes to extend-as the work's Javanese author demands-this history's prophetic potential into a more global register. Babad Jaka Tingkir , the historical prophecy that Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future translates and reads, is uniquely suited for such a study. Composing an engaging history of the emergence of Islamic power in central Java around the turn of the sixteenth century, Babad Jaka Tingkir was written from the vantage of colonial exile to contest the more dominant dynastic historical traditions of nineteenth-century court literature. Florida reveals how this history's episodic form and focus on characters at the margins of the social order work to disrupt the genealogical claims of conventional royal historiography-thus prophetically to open the possibility of an alternative future.
LC Classification Number
DS646
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- o***a (54)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI thought I was ordering a paper back, especially considering the price was only around $10. I'm not sure if they shipped a hard cover by mistake. But I am more than happy to accept it. The description wasn't clear on what it was. So this could very well have been the intended item. I was not very impressed with their customer service at all. It took them days to respond and they didn't seem to care about the delay in shipping. I might purchase again, but I would be cautious as it was delayed.
- r***1 (182)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book was exactly as described and arrived quickly. The only problem is a recurring one with this seller and other similar sellers - the book is poorly packaged in a plastic envelope and gets heavily bumped in shipping. I would like to see the books wrapped before shipment, but I understand this can't be done for cost reason. Luckily it isn't an expensive book, and I will continue to purchase basic books from this seller. A+++++