INDONESIAN REFERENCE GRAMMAR
By JAMES NEIL SNEDDON
This reference grammar provides a comprehensive description of the
structure of the Indonesian language written in a clear, non-
technical manner. It aims to be a linguistically rigorous and
consistent description, but as free as possible of linguistic
jargon.
Published in Sydney by Allen & Unwin, 1996, 387 pp. RRP:
AU$29.95.
POLITICS IN INDONESIA: DEMOCRACY, ISLAM AND THE IDEOLOGY OF
TOLERANCE
By DOUG RAMAGE
Based on a range of interviews with important political figures,
Ramage's book argues that the key elements of politics in the late
New Order are Suharto's legitimacy, the relation between Islam and
the state, the role of the armed forces, and the potential for
democracy.
Published by Routledge, 1995, Hardback. Available/ Cost:
Nusantara Bookshop at AU$49.95 (more elsewhere).
PRISONERS OF PROGRESS: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT INDONESIAN
LABOUR SITUATION
Edited by DAVID R HARRIS
Three articles describe concrete conditions on the ground, while
three take up structural concerns. Indrasari Tjandraningsih writes
on women in garment factories, Hans Goderbauer and Rudie Trienes on
child labour, Betty Purba and Apong Herlina on workers overseas,
Hakim Nusantara on labour regulations, Fauzi Abdullah and Tom Etty
on unionism, and Juni Thamrin on the politics of labour.
Published in Leiden by INDOC-FNV-INFID, 1995, 80 pp. Available:
INDOC, PO Box 11250, 2301 EG Leiden, Netherlands, Fax +31-71-12 72
33, email indoc@antenna.nl. Cost: Neth guilder 24 incl p/h
(airmail) in Europe (approx AU$19), or Neth guilders 27.50 incl p/h
outside Europe (approx US$22).
POWER IN MOTION: CAPITAL MOBILITY AND THE INDONESIAN
STATE
By JEFFREY A WINTERS
A portrait of Indonesian politics from the fall of President
Sukarno, through the oil booms and busts of the 1970s and 1980s,
and into the 1990s. Winters illustrates how a focus on capital
mobility illuminates a broad range of issues in developing and
advanced industrial countries.
Published by Cornell University Press, 1996, Cloth. Cost: US$35
cloth.
THE TIM-TIM MAN
By KERRY B. COLLISON
A work of historical fiction. Tension between Australia and
Indonesia brings them to the brink of war. East Timor's sovereignty
and the rich oil fields shared by the two neighbouring countries
become key elements in one man's ambition. General Nathan Seda, a
powerful Indonesian military officer, enmeshes Australian
intelligence officer Stephen Coleman in a dangerous plan.
Available: Penfolk or Sid Harta, 63 Arthur St, Ashwood Vic 3147,
Australia, fax +61-3-9807 8612, 572 pp, June 1996. Cost: AU$19.95
incl p/h.
A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE: XANANA'S DEFENCE
Reprints Xanana Gusmao's 1993 defence plea, and adds three poems by
Xanana, two of them for the first time. An introduction by Peter
Slezak compares Xanana's defence speech with Fidel Castro's famous
'La Historia Me Absolver '. (Not to be confused with a similarly
titled 1994 book from AETA).
Published by ETRA, May 1996, 57 pp. Available: ETRA, PO Box 23,
Fairfield NS 2165, fax 02-891 2876. Cost: AU$10.00 incl. p/h. .
TWO BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES ON INDONESIA on CD-ROM
[1] BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDONESIAN POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY, 3rd
edition, 1996, by Michael van Langenberg with the assistance of
Suzan Piper, University of Sydney. Contains over 13,000 records
listing books, monographs, chapters in books, dissertations,
journal articles, and conference papers. Indexed by keywords.
Selected records (30%+) with abstracts.
[2] INTAN MAS, from Northern Territory University. Contains over
8000 records on Nusatenggara, Timor Timur, Sulawesi, Maluku & Irian
Jaya, plus Australian relations with Southeast Asia.
Both databases are included on ASIA ROM, published by INFORMIT
(Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).
More information: email info@informit.com.au or visit Web site
http://www.informit.com.au.
SURVIVING INDONESIA'S GULAG, A WESTERN WOMAN TELLS HER
STORY
By CARMEL BUDIARDJO
In this moving account Carmel Budiardjo recalls three years
(1968-1971) spent in detention without trial as a suspected
communist in Indonesia, as well as the suffering of her fellow
political prisoners and her own experience of interrogation
and psychological torment. Her personal story is interwoven
with a narrative of the bloody events of 1965.
Published by Cassell, London, 213 pp, 1996. Available: Tapol
Australia, PO Box 121, Clifton Hill Vic 3068, Australia, AU$30.00
plus AU$4.00 p/h; or Tapol UK, 111 Northwood Rd, Thornton Heath,
Surrey CR7 8HW, United Kingdom.
CLASSICAL JAVANESE DANCE: THE SURAKARTA TRADITION AND ITS
TERMINOLOGY
By CLARA BRAKEL-PAPENHUYZEN
The first comprehensive survey of dance in contemporary Java.
Includes an encyclopedia of Javanese terms, with detailed drawings,
discussion on the significance of dancing in Javanese culture,
excerpts from Javanese treatises, and a survey of traditional
choreographies.
Available: KITLV Press, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA leiden,
Netherlands, email kitlvpress@rullet.leidenuniv.nl. 1996, 252 pp.
Cost: Neth guilders 65.
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