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Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama of the Seventeenth Century
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 2001-07-30
- Title
- Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama of the Seventeenth Centur
- Artist
- Not Specified
- ISBN
- 9781558762534
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus
ISBN-10
1558762531
ISBN-13
9781558762534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1824102
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
194 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Bitter Bonds : a Colonial Divorce Drama of the Seventeenth Century
Publication Year
2001
Subject
Divorce & Separation, Women's Studies
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2002-016731
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
The Economist chose this as one of its Books of the Year: ""The story of a rich, half-Japanese beauty in Batavia and her tempestuous divorce from a cold, tough colonial official. Leonard Blusse's new book is...for the light it casts on love and life on a colonial frontier, the most illuminating since 'The Cheese and the Worms'."" In Times Literary Supplement's ""Books of the Year"" (2002), Felipeo Fernandez-Armesto writes: ""Bitter Bonds is the most intriguing work of micro-history since The Return of Martin Guerre."" Choice: ""A 17th-century daughter of a geisha and a Dutch merchant, widow of a wealthy Dutch official of the Dutch East India Company, married a Dutch lawyer in Batavia only to find he controlled her fortune and her life. She fought to maintain her independence. Superb research and detective work have pieced together a story of marital relations, the Dutch East India Company, and European-Asian legal differences with a rare view of the interior of colonial life in the 17th century. The book's most intriguing element is the fight that a Japanese-Dutch widow was able to put up against the forces of Western imperialism... The research is sound and the portrayal original and enlightening in this fascinating historical drama of colonial relations between Holland and its markets and colonies in Japan and Indonesia..."" Journal of Asian Studies: ""In 1689 Cornelia van Nijenroode reached Holland from Batavia (today' s Jakarta) to argue in the High Court why she should be granted divorce and security of her assets from her estranged husband, Johan Bitter. . . . He represents the world of Holland and Holland overseas. Cornelia represents Batavia' s Eurasian world and Japan overseas. . . . Blussé . . . has pried her story from legal proceedings, family archives, letters, and municipal and church archives compiled in Batavia and Holland. He has also visited Cornelia' s birthplace in Japan to construct a biography of this Eurasian woman whose portrait hangs in Amsterdam' s Rijksmuseum. . . . Through his narrative, we hear words spoken by Asian slaves, their owners, and ministers of religion; we learn about Eurasian women who provided mortgages to Chinese businessmen. Blussé brings all this in a form aimed to appeal to a general reading public: fictional monologs and reproductions of sketches and paintings by seventeenth-century recorders of Dutch urban life in Asia and Holland enliven the text. Bitter Bonds . . . is a rich depiction of societies long gone and an excellent introduction for the students to the intersections of race,gender, and class in Asia and Europe."" --THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, The Economist chose this as one of its Books of the Year: ""The story of a rich, half-Japanese beauty in Batavia and her tempestuous divorce from a cold, tough colonial official. Leonard Blusse's new book is...for the light it casts on love and life on a colonial frontier, the most illuminating since 'The Cheese and the Worms'."" In Times Literary Supplement's ""Books of the Year"" (2002), Felipeo Fernandez-Armesto writes: ""Bitter Bonds is the most intriguing work of micro-history since The Return of Martin Guerre."" Choice: ""A 17th-century daughter of a geisha and a Dutch merchant, widow of a wealthy Dutch official of the Dutch East India Company, married a Dutch lawyer in Batavia only to find he controlled her fortune and her life. She fought to maintain her independence. Superb research and detective work have pieced together a story of marital relations, the Dutch East India Company, and European-Asian legal differences with a rare view of the interior of colonial life in the 17th century. The book's most intriguing element is the fight that a Japanese-Dutch widow was able to put up against the forces of Western imperialism... The research is sound and the portrayal original and enlightening in this fascinating historical drama of colonial relations between Holland and its markets and colonies in Japan and Indonesia..."" Journal of Asian Studies: ""In 1689 Cornelia van Nijenroode reached Holland from Batavia (today s Jakarta) to argue in the High Court why she should be granted divorce and security of her assets from her estranged husband, Johan Bitter. . . . He represents the world of Holland and Holland overseas. Cornelia represents Batavia s Eurasian world and Japan overseas. . . . Blussé . . . has pried her story from legal proceedings, family archives, letters, and municipal and church archives compiled in Batavia and Holland. He has also visited Cornelia s birthplace in Japan to construct a biography of this Eurasian woman whose portrait hangs in Amsterdam s Rijksmuseum. . . . Through his narrative, we hear words spoken by Asian slaves, their owners, and ministers of religion; we learn about Eurasian women who provided mortgages to Chinese businessmen. Blussé brings all this in a form aimed to appeal to a general reading public: fictional monologs and reproductions of sketches and paintings by seventeenth-century recorders of Dutch urban life in Asia and Holland enliven the text. Bitter Bonds . . . is a rich depiction of societies long gone and an excellent introduction for the students to the intersections of race,gender, and class in Asia and Europe."" --THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
959.8/22021/092
Synopsis
In seventeenth-century Batavia, Cornelia van Nijenroode, the daughter of a geisha and a Dutch merchant in Japan, was known as "otemba" (meaning "untamable"), which made her a heroine to modern Japanese feminists. A wealthy widow and enterprising businesswoman who had married an unsuccessful Dutch lawyer for social reasons, she discovered that just after her wedding, she and her husband were at each other's throats. Cornelia insisted on maintaining independent power of disposal over her assets, but legally her husband had control over her possessions and refused to grant her permission to engage in commerce. He soon began using blackmail, smuggling, and secret accounts to channel her wealth back to the Dutch Republic. Cornelia fought back and tried to get a divorce. The struggle - complete with legal subterfuge, mutual recriminations, and even public brawls - would drag on for fifteen years and culminate in only a partial victory for Cornelia., In 17th-century Batavia, Cornelia von Nijenroode, the daughter of a geisha and a Dutch merchant in Japan, was known as ""Otemba"" (meaning ""untamable""), which made her a heroine to modern Japanese feminists. A wealthy widow and enterprising businesswoman who had married an unsuccessful Dutch lawyer for social reasons found that just after their wedding, husband and wife were at each other's throats. Cornelia insisted on maintaining independent power of disposal over her assets, but legally her husband had control over her possessions and refused to grante her permission to engage in commerce. He soon began using blackmail, smuggling, and secret accounts to channel her wealth back to the Dutch Republic. Cornelia fought back and tried to get a divorce. The struggle-complete with legal subterfuge, mutual recriminations, and even public brawls - would drag on for fifteen years and culminate in only a partial victory for Cornelia. Leonard Blusse, weaves together a wealth of vivid details about women in colonial societies in East and Southeast Asia. The book provides fascinating insights into the rigorous jurisprudence of the day, and sketches the policies of the ubiquitous East India Company., This work weaves together details about women in colonial societies in East and Southeast Asia. It provides insights into the rigorous jurisprudence of the day, and sketches the policies of the East India Company.
LC Classification Number
DS642.B5813 2002
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- 1***0 (7)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseA little worn, but that is what I asked for. The price was good though.
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- c***l (422)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseFine Book. It arrived on time.