Sexual Politics in Indonesia

by Saskia E. Wieringa

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.

Genres: Nonfiction

410 pages, Hardcover

First published May 22, 2002

About the author

Saskia Eleonora Wieringa is a Dutch sociologist. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Same-Sex Relations Crossculturally at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. The area of study was established by the Foundation for Lesbian and Gay Studies and sponsored by Hivos. From 1 April 2005 to 19 April 2012, she served as the director of Aletta, Institute for Women's History (currently Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history) in Amsterdam.

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[Cintya Faliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Banyak-banyak berterimakasih pada Wieringa sudah meneliti dan menuliskan buku ini. Kubaca bukunya dengan senang bersamaan dengan buku Elizabeth Martyn Women's Movement in Postcolonial Indonesia soal gerakan perempuan sepanjang 1950. Belajar banyak dan merasa bersemangat. Berbulan-bulan kubaca sekaligu terus mengulang bagian tertentu untuk tugas akhir. Lalu sampailah, skripsinya selesai dan bisa mark as read buku ini juga.