Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk by Kartini
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"Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk" by Kartini is a posthumous collection of letters published in 1911. Written in Dutch between 1899 and 1904, these letters reveal the intimate thoughts of a young Javanese aristocrat confined to seclusion yet determined to engage with modern ideas. Kartini discusses politics, culture, and her aspirations for education and women's rights. Her correspondence, addressed to European friends, transformed her into a
powerful symbol—claimed by both Dutch colonial reformers and Indonesian nationalists seeking their own awakening. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kartini, Raden Adjeng, 1879-1904 |
|---|---|
| Title | Door duisternis tot licht: Gedachten over en voor het Javaansche volk |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_a_Javanese_Princess |
| Credits | Produced by Marc D'Hooghe |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| Subject | Kartini, Raden Adjeng, 1879-1904 -- Correspondence |
| Subject | Feminists -- Indonesia -- Java -- Correspondence |
| Subject | Women -- Indonesia -- Java -- Social conditions |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35220 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-35220-6 |
| Release Date | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Last Update | Mar 20, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 922 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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