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Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality : Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society

By Bagoes Wiryomartono

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Year
2016
ISBN
9781498533096, 9781498533089
LCC
DS646.23 -- .W579 2016eb
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7616522 bytes)
Pages
161\0
Time added
2023-08-16 10:24:46
AestheticsJavanese; HIS003000; HIS048000; NON000000

Description

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.

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