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Dua tahun lalu, suatu wabah misterius melanda seisi dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Dua tahun lalu, manusia menjelma menjadi makhluk ganas dan pemangsa sesama. Mereka yang mampu bertahan hidup pun saling mencari dan menemukan manusia lain yang selamat. Namun itu bukan perkara mudah, satu kesalahan fatal membuat para pemangsa itu kini bertambah buas. Di tengah kekacauan yang semakin menjadi-jadi, ada setitik harapan untuk memulihkan korban yang sudah terlalu banyak. Tapi titik itu begitu jauh, dan terlalu samar .
Suatu wabah misterius melanda seisi dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Wabah ini diduga dibawa oleh nyamuk-nyamuk mutan berukuran besar. Orang-orang yang sakit bergelimpangan di banyak tempat hingga ditetapkanlah Status Darurat Negara. Lalu satu keanehan pun terjadi, mereka yang terkapar kini malah bangkit, menjelma menjadi makhluk ganas. Mereka memangsa manusia. Beberapa yang masih bertahan hidup, bertaruh nyawa mengawal seorang profesor yang tahu cara membuat antivirus. Misi penyelamatan membuat mereka berpencar dan mendapati kalau Istana Merdeka dan Keraton Yogyakarta kini tak lagi sama seperti dulu. Apa pun yang terjadi, mereka berharap bisa berkumpul di Monas, tempat mereka berusaha membangun kembali peradaban.
Few general books are currently available on Indonesia despite its enormous human and economic resources. Hence the importance of this book, which offeres the latest research of internationally respected scholars with extensive first-hand experience in the archipelago. Their particular concern is with the realities of power and the patterns of communication in a society distinguished by both its poverty and its great potential. The contributors to the volume span a wide spectrum of viewpoints, and present various interpretation of Indonesian society. Taken together, however, the essays support the thesis that Indonesia is a "bureaucratic polity"--a political system in which power is hierarch...
In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G. Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history: that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian nation is ancient originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; and that contemporary politics are conducted in a new language. Bahasa Indonesia, by peoples (especially the Javanese) whose cultures are rooted in medieval times. Analyzing a spectrum of examples from classical poetry to public monuments and cartoons, Anderson deepens our understanding of the interaction between modern and traditional notions of power, the mediation of power by language, and the ...
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Growing out of a series of articles written over a 15 year period, and illustrated with over 100 photos, this volume offers a narrowed focus examination of various performing traditions that rely on the expressive power and imagination of masks. It explores the redefinition of self into "other," when the mask is worn, and examines actors and their performances in Papua New Guinea, Orissa, India, and Bali.