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GA-02938 1970 rel B licensed

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: A Review of the Literature

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: a review of the literature (van der Kroef, 1970)

Review essay by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, winter 1970) surveying interpretations of the 1965 coup (Wertheim, Rey, the Cornell Report, Utrecht, Pluvier, Hughes, Nugroho/Saleh) from a pro-PKI-complicity standpoint. Several passages mention Gerwani members' role at Halim; he cites 'Mrs Djamilah's' confessi

GA-02876 2007 rel B licensed

Review of Elizabeth Martyn, The Women's Movement in Post-Colonial Indonesia (Agung Ayu Ratih, 2007)

Review of Martyn, The Women's Movement in Post-Colonial Indonesia (Ratih, 2007)

Agung Ayu Ratih's review (2007) of Elizabeth Martyn's book on the postcolonial women's movement, welcoming its recovery of 1950s activism as complementing Wieringa and confirming that Gerwani's destruction meant women's political retrenchment, with sharp critique of the core argument.

GA-02908 2020 rel B

1965, L'Heure de l'histoire (Margolin, Archipel 99, 2020)

1965, the hour of history (Margolin, Archipel, 2020)

Jean-Louis Margolin's 47-page review essay (Archipel 99, 2020, in French) on the 'new historiography' of 1965 through eight books, summarising findings on army-militia cooperation, NU/Ansor, sexual violence and prisons, and critiquing Melvin and Robinson.

GA-02976 2020 rel B

A Daughter's Memory: 1965 in Animation (Grace Leksana, Archipel 99, 2020)

A Daughter's Memory: 1965 in Animation (Grace Leksana, 2020)

Grace Leksana's review (Archipel 99, 2020) of the animated documentary A Daughter's Memory (2019, dir. Kartika Pratiwi), based on Svetlana Dayani Njoto's memories of detention with her mother and siblings after her father Njoto's arrest. Film review.