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GA-02882 2000 rel A

Communism and Women's Same-Sex Practices in Post-Suharto Indonesia (Wieringa, 2000)

Wieringa's 2000 article on communism and women's same-sex practices, prompted by Kowani chair Ine Sukarno's 1999 claim that Gerwani supported lesbianism; argues Gerwani's morality was puritan and heterosexual and that 'militant motherhood' threatened conservatives. Links Gerwani slander to sexuality politics.

GA-03055 2000 rel B licensed

Autobiographical Fictions: Indonesian Women's Writing from the Nationalist Period

Autobiographical Fictions: Indonesian Women's Writing from the Nationalist Period (Shackford-Bradley, 2000)

PhD dissertation (UC Berkeley, 2000) by Julie Shackford-Bradley reading autobiographical fiction by Indonesian women writers of the nationalist period: Kartini, Hamidah, Suwarsih Djojopuspito and S. Rukiah Kertapati (ch. 5 on Kedjatuhan dan Hati). Gerwani is not discussed; it appears only in bibliographic notes citing

GA-03041 2005 rel B licensed

The Women's Movement in Indonesia, with Special Reference to the 'Aisyiyah Organization (PhD dissertation, Temple University)

The Women's Movement in Indonesia, with special reference to 'Aisyiyah (It, 2005)

Suraiya It's 2005 Temple University religion PhD dissertation on the Indonesian women's movement, with the Muhammadiyah women's section 'Aisyiyah as case study (Ch. 2 history from Kartini to the New Order; Ch. 3 religion and family law; Ch. 4-5 'Aisyiyah; Ch. 6 conclusion). Gerwani appears only in passing: Gerwis is li

GA-02877 2009 rel A

Pengaruh Citra Gerwani terhadap Perkembangan Pergerakan Perempuan 1966-1998 (Retnoningrum, skripsi 2009)

Influence of Gerwani's image on the women's movement 1966-1998 (Retnoningrum, 2009)

2009 Sanata Dharma history thesis by Elisabeth Retnoningrum on Gerwani's orientation, the New Order's spreading of a bad image of Gerwani, and later women's movement development; concludes the sexual mutilation story was untrue and legitimised the regime.