Sexual Politics in Indonesia
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780333987186
Subjects: Feminism; Nationalism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Social Science; Sociology; Africa - General; Women's Studies - General; History-Africa - General; Social Science / General; Social Science / Women's Studies; General; 20th century; Gerwani (Organization); History; Indonesia; Sex role; Women
Description: "This book analyses the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia from the beginning of the twentieth century up to 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.