The Emerging Trend of the Book on "Local Chinese" in Indonesia: A Localism Perspective

In recent years, there has been a growing presence of the book on the particular Chinese community in a specific region or city in Indonesia. These books provide the local Chinese's historical, cultural, and social aspects. However, the discussion of this trend is overlooked by scholars. This study reviewed the books on local Chinese Indonesians in the post-reformasi from a localism perspective. This study finds that the growing trend of the book on local Chinese represents localism in a cultural dimension, and it occurs in time with the implementation of the decentralization policy in Indonesia. At the same time, it put the local element in the culture and identity of Chinese Indonesian, reviving the discussion of their local history and developing the geographical element in the concept of Peranakan Chinese. Moreover, exploring the local Chinese communities may enhance ethnic relations since they share a common local identity centered on geographical location. The books also explore the local wisdom that maintained harmonious relations between them for years.

關鍵字

diversity ； book ； local ； Chinese Indonesians ； identity

並列摘要

近年來，有關印度尼西亞特定地區或城市的特定華人社區的書越來越多。這些書籍提供了當地華人的歷史、文化和社會方面。然而，對於這一趨勢的討論卻被學者們所忽視。本研究從地方主義的角度回顧了關於後改革時期印尼本土華人的書籍。本研究發現，有關當地華人的書籍的增長趨勢代表了文化維度上的地方主義，並且與印度尼西亞實行分權政策相吻合。同時，將本土元素融入印尼華人的文化和身份認同中，重新討論當地歷史，發展土生華人概念中的地理元素。此外，探索當地華人社區可能會增強民族關係，因為他們擁有以地理位置為中心的共同地方身份，這些書籍也探索了多年來保持他們之間和諧關係的地方智慧。

並列關鍵字

多樣性；書籍；本地；印尼華人；身份

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