Indonesian Notebook

A Sourcebook on Richard Wright and the Bandung Conference

Author: Roberts, Brian Russell; Foulcher, Keith
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822360513
eISBN Pdf: 9780822374640
Place of publication: Durham , United States
Year of digital publication: 2016
Month: March
Pages: 288
Language: English

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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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Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Bibliography of Translated and Republished Sources
On the Translations
On Spelling and Personal Names
Introduction. Richard Wright on the Bandung Conference, Modern Indonesia on Richard Wright
Part I. Transnational Crosscurrents
- One. The Indonesian Embassy’s Cultural Life of Indonesia (Excerpts) (1951)
- Two. Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s “The Definition of Literature and the Question of Beauty” (1952)
- Three. S. M. Ardan’s “Pramoedya Heads Overseas” (1953)
- Four. De Preangerbode’s Review of The Outsider (1954)
- Five. Beb Vuyk’s “Stories in the Modern Manner” (1955)
Part II. An Asian-African Encounter
- Six. A Sheaf of Newspaper Articles: Richard Wright in Indonesia’s Daily Press (1955)
- Seven. Mochtar Lubis’s “A List of Indonesian Writers and Artists” (1955)
- Eight. Gelanggang’s “A Conversation with Richard Wright” (1955)
- Nine. Konfrontasi’s “Synopsis” of Wright’s “American Negro Writing” (1955)
- Ten. Richard Wright’s “The Artist and His Problems” (1955)
- Eleven. Anas Ma’ruf’s “Richard Wright in Indonesia” (1955)
Part III. In the Wake of Wright’s Indonesian Travels
- Twelve. Beb Vuyk’s “Black Power” (1955)
- Thirteen. Beb Vuyk’s “H. Creekmore and Protest Novels” (1955)
- Fourteen. Asrul Sani’s “Richard Wright: The Artist Turned Intellectual” (1956)
- Fifteen. Frits Kandou’s “Richard Wright’s Impressions of Indonesia” (1956)
- Sixteen. Beb Vuyk’s “A Weekend with Richard Wright” (1960)
- Seventeen. Goenawan Mohamad’s “Politicians” (1977)
- Eighteen. Seno Joko Suyono’s “A Forgotten Hotel” (2005)
Afterword. Big History, Little History, Interstitial History: On the Tightrope between Polyvocality and Lingua Franca
Works Cited
Index
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