New Arrivals
Di Negeri Penjajah: Orang Indonesia di Negeri Belanda (1600 - 1950)
Harry A. Poeze (KPG, 2008)
softcover, Indonesian
Terekam dalam buku ini suka-duka sehari-hari orang Indonesia yang pernah merantau di Negeri Belanda dari 1600 - 1950. Mereka berasal dari berbagai kalangan, dari bangsawan sampai babu. Kisah kehidupan mereka ditulis dengan gaya bertutur sehingga nikmat dibaca seolah novel
Ambil misal duka-cerita upaya awal penerbitan maalah Bintang Hindia yang dikelola oleh Abdul Rivai, cerita tragis kehidupan penyair-politikus Noto Soeroto, termasuk kisah duka para babu dan pelaut di negeri orang. Buku ini dilengkapi juga dengan foto, gambar, sajak, kliping koran dan majalah, teks pidato, kop majalah dan suratkabar, kartu undangan, kartu ucapan selamat, sampai bon makanan. Berkat bahan-bahan ini pembaca seolah kembali ke masa-masa kolonial di negeri Belanda.
Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present and Future
Hamid Dabashi (Verso, 2001)
302pp, softcover, English
Close Up examines the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origins in the films of Kimai & Mehruji, through the work of established directors such as Beyzai, to the young film makers who triumphed at the Cannes 2000 festival. Dabashi employs interviews with directors, insightful commentary on individual films, extensive filmography, & generous illustration to provide an indispensable guide to a little-studied cinematic output.
Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
Andrew Pettegree (Cambridge, 2005)
Paperback, English
Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends, and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed and the new solidarities that emerged in their place. He explores the different media of conversion through which the Reformation message was communicated and imbibed - the role of drama, sermons, song and the book - and argues that the potency of print can only be understood as working in harmony with more traditional modes of communication. His findings offer a persuasive new answer to the critical question of how the Reformation could succeed as a mass movement in an age before mass literacy.
