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- 1. Seminal Contradictions: Founding the Palace of Surakarta. The Royal Progress of 1745. Substitute Kings, Customary Events. On the Origins of Order. Making the Dutch Respectable. Fashioning "Java"
- 2. Writing Subjects, Writing Authorities: "Java" in the Nineteenth Century. Wedding Subjects 1: Grooming Kings. Wedding Subjects 2: Lessons from "Javaland" A Companion for Life (or, His Highness, the Resident, etcetera). Behind the Invisible Line
- 3. Prophetic Conclusions: Surakarta in Late Colonial Times. "Java" Doubles. The Figure of Displacement. Figures for Replication: Character, Costume, Custom. An Initial Return to Origins
- 4. Origins Revisited: A Circuitous Return to the Present. The Appearance of "Beautiful Indonesia" Something Missing 1: Heirlooms, Mausoleums, Museums. Something Missing 2: An Incident, Its Consequences, and the Wedding. Prophetic Effects. Under the Rubric of "Ritual"
- 5. On the Practice of Wedding: Ritual Domestication in the New Order. Recollections of Difference. Scattered Origins 1: A Practical Detour through Regeneration. Scattered Origins 2: Surplus, Contestation, Domestication. Wedding Subjects, Wedding Authorities. Recapturing Attentions. Replication and Its Discontents
- 6. Village Cleansing, Local Spirits: Traces of Difference. Village Observances, Customary and Otherwise. An Exchange in Practice, a New Order Moral. Promising Encounters. Ghosts of the Past
- 7. The New Order's Other "Java": Sacred Sitings, Otherworldly Communications. Topographies of Power. Material Pursuits, Deferred Rewards. Securing the Intangible. Phantom Commands. The Spirit of the New Order.
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