Behind the Postcolonial: Architecture, Urban Space and Political Cultures in Indonesia

by Abidin Kusno

In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia. The book shows how architecture and urban space can be seen, both historically and theoretically, as representations of political and cultural tendencies that characterize an emerging as well as a declining social order. It addresses the complex interactions between public memories of the present and past, between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415236150
• ISBN13: 9780415236157
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.7"