Browse · Gerwani Archive

GA-02902 2016 rel B

Das Stigma der wilden Weiber in Indonesien (Anett Keller, 2016)

The stigma of the 'wild women' in Indonesia (Anett Keller, 2016)

Anett Keller's German briefing (March 2016, Stiftung Asienhaus) on the neglected gender dimension of 1965: Lubang Buaya slander, the film and monument, tattoo hunts, sexual torture, forced marriages of widows, Plantungan and 'State Ibuism'. Written after the IPT 1965.

GA-02921 2016 rel A licensed

The Spectre of Communist Women: Sexual Violence and Citizenship in Indonesia (Pohlman, 2016)

Pohlman (2016) argues the demonisation of Gerwani created an enduring 'pathological discourse' constraining women's sexual and political citizenship; perpetrators invoked the slander to justify violence, as in the cases of Ibu Susiani and others.

GA-02967 2016 rel B

Dunia Milik Kita: liner and production notes (Dialita, Yes No Wave YESNO083, 2016)

Dunia Milik Kita: liner and production notes (Dialita, 2016)

Release page for Dialita's free album Dunia Milik Kita (17 Aug 2016, Yes No Wave): ten songs, most written in prison camps (Bukit Duri, Plantungan, Ambarawa, Salemba) or by Lekra composers, arranged by young indie musicians. Documents the choir of women ex-prisoners.