The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins
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We argue that the localized expression of Chinese Indonesian identity in Karimun suggests a need to move beyond a focus on integration versus assimilation to an analysis of how identity and belonging are tied to a sense of place. As this chapter shows, in making sense of their ...
See moreWe argue that the localized expression of Chinese Indonesian identity in Karimun suggests a need to move beyond a focus on integration versus assimilation to an analysis of how identity and belonging are tied to a sense of place. As this chapter shows, in making sense of their position in Indonesia's periphery, Karimun's Chinese community makes reference to a series of binaries – native-born versus foreign-born; center (Jakarta) versus periphery (Riau islands); islanders versus newcomers; and Indonesian versus Singaporean/Malaysian – that serve to structure their accounts of identity and belonging. These binaries are constantly negotiated through interconnected processes of resistance to assimilation and acculturation to a Karimun "way of life."
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See moreWe argue that the localized expression of Chinese Indonesian identity in Karimun suggests a need to move beyond a focus on integration versus assimilation to an analysis of how identity and belonging are tied to a sense of place. As this chapter shows, in making sense of their position in Indonesia's periphery, Karimun's Chinese community makes reference to a series of binaries – native-born versus foreign-born; center (Jakarta) versus periphery (Riau islands); islanders versus newcomers; and Indonesian versus Singaporean/Malaysian – that serve to structure their accounts of identity and belonging. These binaries are constantly negotiated through interconnected processes of resistance to assimilation and acculturation to a Karimun "way of life."
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2013-01-01Publisher
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The final, definitive version of this paper has been published as: Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2013). The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins. In Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon (Eds.), Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, (pp. 121-137). London and New York: Routledge. This article is reproduced here with the kind permission of Taylor & Francis Group.Citation
Lyons, L., Ford, M. (2013). The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins. In Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon (Eds.), Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, (pp. 121-137). London and New York: Routledge.Share