Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Critic of the Dutch Colonial World and Decolonization in Indonesia
In this project, we are working to develop a website that focuses on the Dutch colonial world and decolonization process in Indonesia through the pen of Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006). His “Buru Quartet,” published in the 1980s, was a devastating critique of Dutch colonial mastery of Indonesian society. Our website will publish background materials that will make Toer’s works accessible for students in our western and world history survey courses and also our world literature courses.
