| Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini Revised Edition Contributor(s): Geertz, Hildred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819147583 ISBN-13: 9780819147585 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $73.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 85011098 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Translated from the original Dutch by Agnes Louise Symmers and originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, this collection of letters was written by the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. She had been permitted the unusual privilege of attending a Dutch elementary school, but then returned home to seclusion during her adolescence, as was the Indonesian custom for women. The letters provide a fascinating picture of the life and spirit of the time during the period when Java was undergoing intimate contact with Western civilization. Through her writings she became a spokesman for the liberation and education of women, as well as an advocate for Indonesian nationalist aspirations. Co-published with the Asia Society. |