Contested meaning of the nation-state through historical border narratives A case study of the Batang Kanyau Iban, West Kalimantan

Nation as a cultural-psychological phenomenon is best understood in terms of how a sense of nationhood operates in order to construct social identities or a social imagination about the modern nation-state (Anderson 1983). The forging of nationalism as a national identity cannot be seen in isolation...

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Main Author: Iwan Meulia Pirous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Indonesia 2011-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/13