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GA-02926 1966 rel B licensed

Dossier of the Indonesian Drama (New Left Review 36)

Dossier of the Indonesian Drama (Lucien Rey, New Left Review, 1966)

Article by Lucien Rey (New Left Review no. 36, March 1966) reconstructing the 1 October 1965 events as a plot by dissident Central Java officers, plus a translated Asahi Shimbun interview with PKI deputy chair Njoto. Says People's Youth and Gerwani auxiliaries trained at Halim took part in the generals' executions in r

GA-03034 2012 rel B licensed

Generating History: Violence and the Risks of Remembering for Families of Former Political Prisoners in Post-New Order Indonesia

Generating History: Violence and the Risks of Remembering for Families of Former Political Prisoners (Conroe, 2012)

PhD dissertation (University of Michigan, 2012) by Andrew Conroe: an ethnography of former political prisoners (eks-tapol) and their children and grandchildren in Yogyakarta, centred on the group Fopperham, on memory, silence and uncertain family histories. Gerwani appears through family accounts and events: Bu Marni,

GA-03009 2015 rel B

Gerwani dan Pembunuhan Identitas (Lustanto, Jurnal Perempuan, 2015)

Gerwani and the murder of identity (Lustanto, 2015)

Rendi Lustanto's 2015 Jurnal Perempuan essay on the 50th anniversary of 1965: Gerwani women hunted over alleged Lubang Buaya involvement, with media stories of erotic dances and genital mutilation made credible by patriarchal culture. Short reflective piece.

GA-03029 2017 rel B

Atlet Berprestasi Dituduh PKI Bertransformasi Diri Jadi Laki-laki (Historia, 2017)

Prize-winning athlete accused of being PKI who transformed herself into a man (Historia, 2017)

Historia feature (2017) on Karnah Sukarta (b. 1940, Ciamis), bronze medallist in javelin at the 1958 Asian Games, a Sukarno-admiring student reportedly joined Gerwani in Kawali, arrested after 1965 and held in Bandung. Biography of an athlete linked to Gerwani.