Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality
Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Southeast Asia, Asia
| Author: | Bagoes Wiryomartono | ISBN: | 9781498533096 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | July 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bagoes Wiryomartono |
| ISBN: | 9781498533096 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | July 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
