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Defiant memories in confronting the Chinese stereotype in Indonesia: the politics of memory of Souw Beng Kong

Defiant memories in confronting the Chinese stereotype in Indonesia: the politics of memory of... This study considers Batavia’s first Chinese captain, Souw Beng Kong (1580–1644) as an example of the memory politics of urban Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta. It explores how and why he has been remembered in the contemporary era. While the stereotype of Chinese Indonesians has its roots in the Dutch colonial period, this study takes the Dutch institution of the captain as a framework to examine what is remembered as a way to bind group members together in a shared community of memory. This study argues that remembering Souw represents an implicit but defiant response to a long-standing negative stereotype that the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia are perennially alien outsiders. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Ethnicity Taylor & Francis

Defiant memories in confronting the Chinese stereotype in Indonesia: the politics of memory of Souw Beng Kong

Chang, Pi-Chun
Asian Ethnicity , Volume 24 (1): 15 – Jan 2, 2023
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Defiant memories in confronting the Chinese stereotype in Indonesia: the politics of memory of Souw Beng Kong

Abstract

This study considers Batavia’s first Chinese captain, Souw Beng Kong (1580–1644) as an example of the memory politics of urban Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta. It explores how and why he has been remembered in the contemporary era. While the stereotype of Chinese Indonesians has its roots in the Dutch colonial period, this study takes the Dutch institution of the captain as a framework to examine what is remembered as a way to bind group members together in a shared community of...
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Taylor & Francis
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1469-2953
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1463-1369
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10.1080/14631369.2021.1976613
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Abstract

This study considers Batavia’s first Chinese captain, Souw Beng Kong (1580–1644) as an example of the memory politics of urban Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta. It explores how and why he has been remembered in the contemporary era. While the stereotype of Chinese Indonesians has its roots in the Dutch colonial period, this study takes the Dutch institution of the captain as a framework to examine what is remembered as a way to bind group members together in a shared community of memory. This study argues that remembering Souw represents an implicit but defiant response to a long-standing negative stereotype that the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia are perennially alien outsiders.

Journal

Asian Ethnicity – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2023

Keywords: Indonesia; Chinese Indonesians; colonial rule; Chinese captain; Souw Beng Kong; politics of memory

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