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Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini

Hildred Geertz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:10th Aug '92

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Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini cover

Translated from the original Dutch by Agnes Louise Symmers and originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, this collection of letters was written by the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. She had been permitted the unusual privilege of attending a Dutch elementary school, but then returned home to seclusion during her adolescence, as was the Indonesian custom for women. The letters provide a fascinating picture of the life and spirit of the time during the period when Java was undergoing intimate contact with Western civilization. Through her writings she became a spokesman for the liberation and education of women, as well as an advocate for Indonesian nationalist aspirations. Co-published with the Asia Society.

ISBN: 9780819147585

Dimensions: 217mm x 135mm x 19mm

Weight: 322g

246 pages