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Writing the past, inscribing the future : history as prophesy in colonial Java

Title
Writing the past, inscribing the future : history as prophesy in colonial Java / Nancy Florida.
Author
Florida, Nancy K.
Publication
Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1995.

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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
Description
xviii, 449 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Uniform Title
Babad Jaka Tingkir. English.
Subject
  • Babad Jaka Tingkir
  • Geschichtsschreibung
  • Tekstkritiek
  • Java (Indonesia) > History
  • Indonesia > Java
  • Java
  • Java (Indonesia) > History
  • Java (Indonésie) > Histoire > Sources
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes a translation and critical analysis of Babad Jaka Tingkir.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references([p. [427]-439) and index.
Contents
Introduction: On the Possibilities of Reading in Java -- Ch. 1. The Writing of a History -- Ch. 2. Babad Jaka Tingkir in Translation -- Ch. 3. Invoking the Future in Writing a Past -- Ch. 4. A Question of Visibility: Writing History in Java -- Ch. 5. The Demak Mosque: A Construction of Authority -- Ch. 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 Sampeyan-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.
ISBN
  • 0822316056
  • 9780822316053
  • 0822316226
  • 9780822316220
LCCN
94045845
OCLC
  • ocm31782309
  • 31782309
  • SCSB-14447472
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library