Jenny Munro

Dreams Made Small

The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia

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Produktbeschreibung

Dreams Made Small offers an in-depth, ethnographic look at journeys of education among young Papuans under Indonesian rule, ultimately revealing how dreams of transformation, equality, and belonging are shaped and reshaped in the face of multiple constraints.

Produktdetails

• ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781785336843
• ISBN-10: 1785336843
• Artikelnr.: 49359511

Autorenporträt

Jenny Munro is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, alcohol, violence and sovereignty in West Papua.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction: New Promises, Old Problems
Chapter 1. Ethno-Racial and Political Dreams of Education in Wamena
Chapter 2. 'Newcomers' and 'Masters of the Land' in North Sulawesi
Chapter 3. Stigma, Fear, and Shame: Dani Encounters with Racial and
Political Formations in North Sulawesi
Chapter 4. 'Discipline is Important': Aspirations and Encounters on Campus
Chapter 5. Belonging, Expertise and Conflict in Highlanders' Social World
Abroad
Chapter 6. 'Study First': Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Survival in the 'City
of Free Sex'
Chapter 7. Doing Good Things in a Dani Modernity
Conclusion: Koteka Questions
Bibliography
Index