Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
Author: Elizabeth Pisani
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Year of Publication: 2015
Print Length: 416 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Travel Writing or Travelogue
Area: Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Topic: Indonesian, Culture & Society, Nation-Building & Nationhood, National Consciousness, Politics & Power
Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would “work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible.” With over 300 ethnic groups spread across over 13,500 islands, the world’s fourth most populous nation has been working on that “etc.” ever since. Author Elizabeth Pisani traveled 26,000 miles in search of the links that bind this disparate nation.
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Improbable Nation
2. The Ties that Bind
3. Sticky Culture
4. Resident Aliens
5. The Emperor is Far Away
6. Happy Families
7. Spoils of the Earth
8. Profits on Ice
9. Historical Fictions
10. Misfits
11. Indigenous Arts
12. Faith Healing
13. The Other Indonesia
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Resources and Further Reading
Index
Elizabeth Pisani is a traveler and an epidemiologist. She focuses on the intersection between public health evidence and the messy realities of politics, culture and money. She works on HIV, public health surveillance, and data sharing in public health—mostly in Indonesia, as well as East Africa and Europe.
Source: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/episani
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