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This text analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the 20th 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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Sexual Politics in Indonesia
• Author: Saskia Wieringa
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 390
• EAN: 9780333987186
• ISBN: 0333987187
• ID: 04601085
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 671 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. May 2002

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