This book integrates social anthropological, political, and historical perspectives on the emotional impact of marginalization, stigmatization and violence in present-day Indonesia. The authors' combined focus on regional particularities and universal dimensions of experiencing and dealing with social, economic and psychological adversities targets scholars who share regional interest in the archipelago and researchers concerned with theoretical aspects of the interplay between power asymmetries, agency, emotion and culture.

ContentAcknowledgments 9Introduction-The Emotional Make-up of Marginality and Stigma 11Birgitt Röttger-Rössler & Thomas StodulkaWhat Makes a Good Life?-Changing Marginality and Dayak Benuaq Subjective Wellbeing in East Kalimantan 30Michaela HaugConverging Ontologies, Flattening of Time-Discordant Temporalities and Feeling Rules in Bali's New Village Jurisdictions 53Martin RamstedtWhen Trauma Came to Halmahera-Global Governance, Emotion Work, and the Reinvention of Spirits in North Maluku 81Nils Bubandt"Playing it Right"-Empathy and Emotional Economies on the Streets of Java 103Thomas StodulkaLocations of Emotional Security-Queer Narratives on Stigma, Marginality, and Cross-Cultural Friendships in Java 128Eric Anton HeuserLessons from the Notion of "Moral Terrorism" 148Tom BoellstorffNavigating Inner Conflict-Online Circulation of Indonesian Muslim Queer Emotions 159Ferdiansyah ThajibMarginalized by Silence-Victims of Japanese Occupation in Indonesia's Political Memory 180Boryano RickumKeeping Hope in a Marginalized World-Testimonies of Former Political Prisoners in Yogyakarta 196Baskara T. WardayaThe Act of Killing and Dealing with Present-Day Demons of Impunity- A Conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer 218Victoria K. SaktiMap of Indonesia 229Notes on Contributors 230Index 233