Sexual Politics in Indonesia - Brossura

Wieringa, S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1349431222 ISBN 13: 9781349431229

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Riassunto

This book analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the twentieth century until the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's organization in the non-communist world. Gerwani members combined feminist demands such as a reform of the marriage law with an insistence upon a political role for women. The organization was destroyed in a campaign of sexual slander orchestrated by the military under General Suharto. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. President Sukarno lost his power and General Suharto took over.

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Recensione:

'....provides an original and important gender analysis of the events of 1965-66, an analysis that has previously been neglected or suppressed. In so doing, it offers new and important details on a critial event in Indonesia's history as well as fascinating insight into the political history of Indonesian women's organization.' - Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, The Journal of Asian Studies

L'autore:

SASKIA E. WIERINGA is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. She has published widely on these themes and is co-editor of the award-winning anthology Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures.

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1349431222
• ISBN 13: 9781349431229
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 412