sexual politics and nationalism
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of women's history
- Magazine Year
- 2003
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Wieringa, Saskia
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenbewegingen, vrouwenorganisaties, politiek, militarisme, overheidsbeleid, Indonesië, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Author argues that ex-president Soeharto's New Order state, which lasted from 1966 till 1998, legitimated itself not only by its destruction of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI, Partai Komunis Indonesia). Wieringa suggests that the sexual politics underlying this process of legitimation have so far been largely ignored. She focuses on the military's orchestrated campaign of slander and sexual innuendo against the PKI's women's organization Gerwani (Gerakan Wanita Indonesia, Indonesian Women's Movement).