Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality
Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society
Seiten
2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3308-9 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3308-9 (ISBN)
The book analyzes various aspects of Javanese culture and society, including its history, customs, arts, architecture, polity, and society. This study strongly emphasizes the importance of local cultures over global monoculture and examines how localities have adapted to foreign influences.
Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society is an examination of the social and cultural geography of Java. This book penetrates and surveys the Javanese world, and examines the traditions, customs, arts, urban habitation, polity, history, and belief systems of people who speak the Javanese language and live on Java Island in the Indonesian archipelago. A primary focus in these essays is to analyze the meanings of locality in the context of arts, architecture, polity, and society, with the hope of unveiling the potential of local culture in enriching and strengthening the diversity of the global world.
Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society is an examination of the social and cultural geography of Java. This book penetrates and surveys the Javanese world, and examines the traditions, customs, arts, urban habitation, polity, history, and belief systems of people who speak the Javanese language and live on Java Island in the Indonesian archipelago. A primary focus in these essays is to analyze the meanings of locality in the context of arts, architecture, polity, and society, with the hope of unveiling the potential of local culture in enriching and strengthening the diversity of the global world.
Bagoes Wiryomartono is a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Pelita Harapan.
Chapter 1: Aesthetics in Javanese Culture and Tradition
Chapter 2: Pra Kuta Negara: Pre-Islamic States and Formative Urbanism in Java Indonesia
Chapter 3: Kuta Negara: The Javanese Idea of City/State and its Historical Evolution
Chapter 4: Javanese Way of Living
Chapter 5: Javanese Pride, Patronage, and Prophecy: Political Culture in Indonesia
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.07.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-3308-6 / 1498533086 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-3308-9 / 9781498533089 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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