%0 Journal Article
%T Indonesia in the 1950s: Nation, modernity, and the post-colonial state
%A Henk Schulte Nordholt
%J Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
%D 2011
%I Brill
%X This essay explores discussions in the 1950s about Indonesian national identity, which were primarily framed in cultural terms. The early years of this decade witnessed optimistic efforts to shape a new nation driven by modernity. Gradually these efforts were aborted by the encroachment of the state. In this respect questions are raised concerning the post-colonial nature of the Indonesian middle class which inhabited this state.
%K nation-building
%K state formation
%K modernity
%K Indonesia
%K 1950s
%U http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/8279