Javanese Lives: Women and Men in Modern Indonesian Society

by Walter L. Williams

Book Overview

Java is the most populous island of Indonesia, the fifth largest nation in the world. Yet despite its importance, outsiders know little about the country or its people. With the help of Indonesian students and scholars, Walter L. Williams has collected and translated the life histories of twenty-seven Javanese women and men. The people interviewed tell how they have coped with rapid social and economic change, and the transformation of their traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813516498
• ISBN13: 9780813516493
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"