英文摘要 |
This article focuses on the writings of Mary Somers Heidhues on the Chinese communities in West Kalimantan, Bangka and Belitung, in order to understand the history of Hakka / Chinese settlements in the ‘Outer Islands,’ and their political, social and cultural situation in Indonesia. The first section of this article introduces Heidhues’ background and characteristics of research, including her selection of topics and regions, approaches, methodology, and the contribution of her works to the regional studies and Chinese minority history in Indonesia. In the second part, the article takes a further look into the representations of “Hakkas” in Heidhues’ works, including how she described the characteristics of the Hakka people, and how she defined the relationship between the Hakka and the Chinese. The third part takes Heidhues' emphasis on the historical writings of marginal communities to rethink the rise of “Hakka issues” and the development of Indonesian Hakka studies in the past several years. Finally, this article also attempts to suggest the inspirations of Heidhues’ writings on contemporary Hakka and Chinese studies. |