Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society

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Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society is an examination of the social and cultural geography of Java. This book penetrates and surveys the Javanese world, and examines the traditions, customs, arts, urban habitation, polity, history, and belief systems of people who speak the Javanese language and live on Java Island in the Indonesian archipelago. A primary focus in these essays is to analyze the meanings of locality in the context of arts, architecture, polity, and society, with the hope of unveiling the potential of local culture in enriching and strengthening the diversity of the global world.

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This illuminating studywhich is one of few works published in English from a native point of viewoffers new insights into understanding Javanese concepts of aesthetics, and is a profound contribution to the fields of cultural studies, philosophy, political science, architecture, and urban design. -- Gunawan Tjahjono, University of Indonesia

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Bagoes Wiryomartono is a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Pelita Harapan.