Indonesian Notebook: A Sourcebook on Richard Wright and the Bandung Conference

Indonesian Notebook: A Sourcebook on Richard Wright and the Bandung Conference
ISBN-10
0822374641
ISBN-13
9780822374640
Category
History
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2016-03-11
Publisher
Duke University Press
Authors
Brian Russell Roberts, Keith Foulcher

Description

While Richard Wright's account of the 1955 Bandung Conference has been key to shaping Afro-Asian historical narratives, Indonesian accounts of Wright and his conference attendance have been largely overlooked. Indonesian Notebook contains myriad documents by Indonesian writers, intellectuals, and reporters, as well as a newly recovered lecture by Wright, previously published only in Indonesian. Brian Russell Roberts and Keith Foulcher introduce and contextualize these documents with extensive background information and analysis, showcasing the heterogeneity of postcolonial modernity and underscoring the need to consider non-English language perspectives in transnational cultural exchanges. This collection of primary sources and scholarly histories is a crucial companion volume to Wright'sThe Color Curtain.

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