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1. Seminal Contradictions: Founding The Palace Of Surakarta. The Royal Progress Of 1745. Substitute Kings, Customary Events. On The Origins Of Order. Making The Dutch Respectable. Fashioning Java -- 2. Writing Subjects, Writing Authorities: Java In The Nineteenth Century. Wedding Subjects 1: Grooming Kings. Wedding Subjects 2: Lessons From Javaland A Companion For Life (or, His Highness, The Resident, Etcetera). Behind The Invisible Line -- 3. Prophetic Conclusions: Surakarta In Late Colonial Times. Java Doubles. The Figure Of Displacement. Figures For Replication: Character, Costume, Custom. An Initial Return To Origins -- 4. Origins Revisited: A Circuitous Return To The Present. The Appearance Of Beautiful Indonesia Something Missing 1: Heirlooms, Mausoleums, Museums. Something Missing 2: An Incident, Its Consequences, And The Wedding. Prophetic Effects. Under The Rubric Of Ritual -- 5. On The Practice Of Wedding: Ritual Domestication In The New Order. Recollections Of Difference. Scattered Origins 1: A Practical Detour Through Regeneration. Scattered Origins 2: Surplus, Contestation, Domestication. Wedding Subjects, Wedding Authorities. Recapturing Attentions. Replication And It

Author
John Pemberton, 1948-
Publisher
Ithaca: Cornell University Press
Published
1994
Language
EN
ISBN
9780801499630
Subjects
History, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-24

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