Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets. Dress and Identity Construction in Ambon from 1850 to 1942

Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets. Dress and Identity Construction in Ambon from 1850 to 1942

[...]one would expect that the growing Westernization of colonial society from the late nineteenth century onwards would be reflected in the primacy of Western style dress among the Ambonese. [...]one's social position was named after a dress item: [...]Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets is a valuab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 2017, Vol.173 (1), p.145-147
1. Verfasser: van der Meer, Arnout H.C.
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Colonialism
Cultural identity
Middle class
Society
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Zusammenfassung:[...]one would expect that the growing Westernization of colonial society from the late nineteenth century onwards would be reflected in the primacy of Western style dress among the Ambonese. [...]one's social position was named after a dress item: [...]Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets is a valuable contribution to the study of Ambonese, Indonesian, and colonial history that fascinates from beginning to end.
ISSN:0006-2294
2213-4379
DOI:10.1163/22134379-17301011