Solo in the New Order: Language and Hierarchy in an Indonesian City

by James T. Siegel

Book Overview

In this brilliant ethnography of contemporary Java, James Siegel analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. Despite the imposition of Suharto's New Order, the inhabitants of the city of Solo continue to adhere to their own complex ideas of deference and hierarchy through translation between high and low Javanese speech styles. Siegel uncovers moments when translation fails and compulsive mimicry ensues. His examination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691000859
• ISBN13: 9780691000855
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"