Materiality, loss and redemptive hope in the Indonesian leftist diaspora

Dragojlovic, Ana

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Materiality, loss and redemptive hope in the Indonesian leftist diaspora

Date

2012

Authors

Dragojlovic, Ana

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

This article explores how notions of loss and absence are constituted through Indonesian eksil (exile) life narratives including their development of private collections of leftist literature, personal diaries, obituaries and personal documents, in order