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East Timorese History after Independence
- History Workshop Journal
- Oxford University Press
- Issue 61, Spring 2006
- pp. 222-237
- Article
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This paper examines recent debates over national history in post-colonial East Timor. It is argued that beneath a broadly unifying theme of 'national' resistance to colonial occupations lies a more complex and ongoing postcolonial struggle over the ownership of core historical narratives, identities and symbols.