Bagoes Wiryomartono

Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality (eBook, ePUB)

Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498533096
• Artikelnr.: 45222998

Autorenporträt

Bagoes Wiryomartono is a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Pelita Harapan.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Aesthetics in Javanese Culture and Tradition
Chapter 2: Pra Kuta Negara: Pre-Islamic States and Formative Urbanism in
Java Indonesia
Chapter 3: Kuta Negara: The Javanese Idea of City/State and its Historical
Evolution
Chapter 4: Javanese Way of Living
Chapter 5: Javanese Pride, Patronage, and Prophecy: Political Culture in
Indonesia