Emplacing East Timor : regime change and knowledge production, 1860-2010 / Kisho Tsuchiya.
| Author/creator | Tsuchiya, Kisho author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2024] |
| Description | xi, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Regime change and knowledge production, 1860-2010 |
| Abstract | "Emplacing East Timor explores the relationship between the cycle of regime change and that of knowledge production, offering an alternative framework to periodize the history from the 1850s to the 2010s. Kisho Tsuchiya shows that the prevailing perceptions of East Timor have been shaped by large-scale wars, postwar consolidation, and the dominance of foreign observers. The transitions that construct what we know about East Timor have followed the rhythm of devastating violence and regime transformations. Playing a role as well are personal, institutional, and geopolitical interests and the creativity of Timorese and foreign observers. Acknowledging this cycle, Tsuchiya interweaves narrative of crucial events and political movements with an analysis of Timor's connections to global circulations and historical transitions. He traces key persons and communities that shaped the contour of East Timor-from Portuguese colonial officers to anthropologists, Japanese occupiers to Australian activists, and Timorese poets to revolutionaries. Their experiences and imaginations of (East) Timor have been expressed through scholarly works, secret documents, policy statements, ceremonies, revolutionary songs, and museums. Using multi-archival historical research, the author introduces sources in several languages and provides missing links, including secret documents in Portuguese archives and the National Archives of Timor-Leste, Japanese wartime sources, and Timorese sources in the Archives of Timorese Resistance. Emplacing East Timor skillfully synthesizes nationalism studies and borderland studies, creating a comprehensive approach to modern East Timorese national imaginings, the historical role of territorial borders, and its postcolonial problems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tsuchiya, Kisho. Emplacing East Timor Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2024 9780824895006 |
| LCCN | 2023040955 |
| ISBN | 9780824894986 |
| ISBN | 0824894987 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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