Javanese CultureThis book represents the most comprehensive and ambitious study of the Javanese and their society to appear since the time of Raffles' celebrated "The History of Java". It presents the general historical background to Javanese society and culture and then covers in detail the various facets of Javanese peasant life, urban culture and Javanese values and beliefs. The chapter on Javanese religion in particular analyses the complex of elements which go to make up Javanese beliefs in a unique and original manner. The study is the fruit of a lifetime devoted to the subject and the condensation of the writer's many other writings in the field, of which he is a leading authority. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAVANESE CULTURE | 30 |
76 | 95 |
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