1st Edition
Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature
By Frode F. Jacobsen
Copyright 2009
144 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization. For centuries migration has played a vital part in Hadrami adaptation. External forces, such as the expanding powers of the Portugese in the Indian Ocean and the Turkish... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Historical and wider ethnographic background
3. Hadramis in Indonesia: introduction to Hadrami communities on the islands of Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa
4. ‘We are modern Indonesians’: Continuity and change among present-day Hadrami communities in Indonesia
5. Between ideologies of equality and social stratification6. Hadramis in diversity: a focus on some unique adaptations on Bali and beyond
7. Concluding thoughts
Biography
Frode F. Jacobsen is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has a special interest in health issues, local forms of knowledge, and culture and migration.
