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Review of Susan Blackburn, Women and the State in Modern Indonesia (Hattori Mina, Ajia Keizai, 2006; 書評)

Review of Blackburn's Women and the State in Modern Indonesia (Hattori, 2006)

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Japanese review (Ajia Keizai, July 2006) by Hattori Mina of Blackburn's Women and the State in Modern Indonesia, with post-1998 context, chapter summaries and evaluation; Gerwani appears only in notes. Context rather than evidence. (In Japanese.)

Ulasan berbahasa Jepang (Ajia Keizai, Juli 2006) oleh Hattori Mina atas buku Blackburn Women and the State in Modern Indonesia, dengan konteks pasca-1998, ringkasan bab dan evaluasi; Gerwani hanya muncul di catatan. Konteks, bukan bukti. (Berbahasa Jepang.)

People

Hattori MinaSusan Blackburn

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

IndonesiaJapan

Topics

historiographywomen's rights and emancipationJapan and Korea

Tags

review

Details

Date
2006
Creator
Hattori
Document type
journal article (book review (journal article, 'Shohyō' section))
Language
Japanese; English; Indonesian
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Country
Japan
Period
1999–present
Source archive
J-STAGE · source link
Access
Japanese journal article from Ajia Keizai (Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO), PDF metadata author 'アジア経済研究所'; most likely downloaded from the IDE-JETRO institutional repository (open access) [exact URL to record]. Copy held in Nath's Gerwani folder; retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Hattori, M. [服部美奈]. (2006). [Review of the book Women and the state in modern Indonesia, by S. Blackburn]. Ajia Keizai [アジア経済], 47(7), 58–63.
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements/Hattori (2006) - Review of Susan Blackburn, Women and the State in Modern Indonesia (Ajia Keizai, in Japanese).pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.803) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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