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Rereading Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: His Islam, Marriage and Indo-European Descents in the Early Twentieth-Century Priangan

Walisongo: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan

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Title Rereading Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: His Islam, Marriage and Indo-European Descents in the Early Twentieth-Century Priangan
 
Creator Rohmana, Jajang A
 
Subject History
Hasan Mustapa; history; indigenous; letters; Snouck Hurgronje
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Description This study focuses on a controversial issue about Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje’s family that was left in the Dutch East Indies in the early twentieth century. The issue sparked a debate among scholars in the 1980s. The debate was concerned with the Dutch government's denial of Hurgronje’s marriage to an Indigenous woman as it was intended to maintain his good reputation. As a matter of fact, the colonial government forbids the marriage of European people with Indigenous women because it would tarnish their status and make it difficult in their careers. This study is meant as a follow-up of van Koningsveld's findings about Hurgronje’s wife and children in Priangan. Here the writer uses a historical analysis of the letters written by Hasan Mustapa to Hurgronje (Cod. Or. 8952). He argues that Hurgronje's history needs to be read in his position as a colonial official who may be worried about rules set by the colonial government. This study shows that Hurgronje cannot be considered completely irresponsible to his Indo-European family in the Dutch East Indies. In fact, he continued to monitor the condition of his family through regular correspondence with Hasan Mustapa, his close friend in the Dutch East Indies. This study is important in a sense that it is expected to be able to rectify the confusion over the issue of Hurgronje's morality towards his family. It offers another perspective of the history of colonialism dealing with interracial relation between Indigenous women, and their offspring, and European men amid the rise of the issue of Nyai and concubinage in the Dutch East Indies.
 
Publisher LP2M - Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Walisongo
 
Contributor Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung
 
Date 2018-07-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/walisongo/article/view/2148
10.21580/ws.26.1.2148
 
Source Walisongo: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan; Vol 26, No 1 (2018); 35-66
2461-064X
0852-7172
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/walisongo/article/view/2148/Rereading%20Christiaan%20Snouck%20Hurgronje
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Jajang A Rohmana
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