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Discourse without Discussion: Representations of Piracy in Colonial Indonesia 1816-25

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2003

Joseph N. F. M. à Campo
Joseph N. F. M. à Campo
Affiliation:
Erasmus University in Rotterdam. [email protected]
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Abstract

In colonial sources the designation and condemnation of certain indigenous acts of maritime violence as piracy are presented as self-evident. This confronts modern historiography with many problems of conceptualisation, interpretation and assessment. Discourse analysis may be an effective tool. Comparing divergent representations of piracy by Dutch administrators in colonial Indonesia shows how piracy was constructed in the confrontation of colonial and indigenous states.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 199 - 214
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© 2003 The National University of Singapore

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