A Javanese View on America in the 60s: Umar Kayam and the Manhattan Stories

• 발행기관: 건국대학교 모빌리티인문학 연구원, 건국대학교 아시아·디아스포라 연구소
• 저자명: Paulus Sarwoto
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Diaspora&Cultural Criticism』Vol.8 No.1, 11~34쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.01.30

영문 초록

The Manhattan stories, consisting of six short stories written by an Indonesian vernacular author Umar Kayam, reflect a Javanese view on American life during the 1960s. Kayam’s stay in the US in the early 1960s as a graduate student provides the material for his writings. While he tends to view the dark sides of American capitalism, materialism, and individualism, his reflection on his own Javanese values is more positive. His narratives seem to consider that the agrarian life of Java in the 1960s provides a healthier and more secure social cohesion where individuals can relate to each other in a more humane way, unlike the American characters that are depicted as being lonely, fragile, without social cohesion, and criminal.

목차

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of the American Evil : Capitalism, Materialism, and Individualism

3. Conclusion

References

키워드

Occidentalism priyayi postcolonial capitalism materialism individualism