Letters Of A Javanese Princess
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a young Javanese noblewoman dared to dream of freedom, education, and equality in a society that confined women behind walls of tradition — her letters, written between 1899 and 1904, became one of the most remarkable documents of feminist thought ever to emerge from Southeast Asia. Letters of a Javanese Princess chronicles the inner life of Raden Adjeng Kartini, a pioneering Indonesian intellectual who, despite being bound by the rigid customs of Javanese aristocracy, poured her yearning for emancipation and social progress into a passionate correspondence with Dutch friends abroad. Edited and introduced by Hildred Geertz, and prefaced by Eleanor Roosevelt, this edition presents Kartini's words with the scholarly reverence and historical context they demand, illuminating a world on the cusp of colonial modernity. Kartini's prose is at once intimate and incandescent — a voice of startling modernity trapped in the gilded cage of colonial Java — and her letters argue with quiet ferocity for women's rights, access to education, and the dismantling of feudal hierarchy. Her writing occupies a singular place in both Indonesian national consciousness and the broader history of women's liberation, having inspired a national holiday in her honour. This edition stands as an essential primary source for anyone seeking to understand the intersections of colonialism, gender, and cultural identity in the Indonesian archipelago — and leaves the reader wondering what more she might have achieved had fate granted her more time.
Author: Raden Adjeng Kartini
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a young Javanese noblewoman dared to dream of freedom, education, and equality in a society that confined women behind walls of tradition — her letters, written between 1899 and 1904, became one of the most remarkable documents of feminist thought ever to emerge from Southeast Asia. Letters of a Javanese Princess chronicles the inner life of Raden Adjeng Kartini, a pioneering Indonesian intellectual who, despite being bound by the rigid customs of Javanese aristocracy, poured her yearning for emancipation and social progress into a passionate correspondence with Dutch friends abroad. Edited and introduced by Hildred Geertz, and prefaced by Eleanor Roosevelt, this edition presents Kartini's words with the scholarly reverence and historical context they demand, illuminating a world on the cusp of colonial modernity. Kartini's prose is at once intimate and incandescent — a voice of startling modernity trapped in the gilded cage of colonial Java — and her letters argue with quiet ferocity for women's rights, access to education, and the dismantling of feudal hierarchy. Her writing occupies a singular place in both Indonesian national consciousness and the broader history of women's liberation, having inspired a national holiday in her honour. This edition stands as an essential primary source for anyone seeking to understand the intersections of colonialism, gender, and cultural identity in the Indonesian archipelago — and leaves the reader wondering what more she might have achieved had fate granted her more time.