Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Figures xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. A Note on Spelling and Terms xvii
6. Introduction. Performance of Power 1
7. 1. Setting the Stage: The Javanization of Colonial Authority in the Nineteenth Century 19
8. 2. “Sweet Was the Dream, Bitter the Awakening” : Contested Implementation of the Ethical Policy, 1901-1913 48
9. 3. Disrupting the Colonial Performance: The Hormat Circular of 1913 and the National Awakening 77
10. 4. Contesting Sartorial Hierarchies: From Ethnic Stereotypes to National Dress 111
11. 5. East Is East, and West Is West: Forging Modern Identities 145
12. 6. Staging Colonial Modernity: Hegemony, Fairs, and the Indonesian Middle Classes 175
13. Epilogue. Pawnshops as Stages of the Colonial Performance of Power 205
14. Notes 213
15. Bibliography 253