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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.
Artikel Wieringa 2000 tentang komunisme dan praktik sesama jenis perempuan, dipicu klaim ketua Kowani Ine Sukarno 1999 bahwa Gerwani mendukung lesbianisme; berargumen moralitas Gerwani puritan dan heteroseksual dan 'keibuan militan' mengancam kaum konservatif. Mengaitkan fitnah Gerwani dengan politik seksualitas.
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- 2000
- Creator
- Wieringa
- Document type
- journal article (journal article)
- Language
- English
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- Scholarship
- Source role
- secondary
- Period
- 1999–present
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- Citation (APA)
- Wieringa, S. E. (2000). Communism and women's same-sex practises in post-Suharto Indonesia. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2(4), 441–457. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3986701
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- 02 Secondary Sources/2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements/Wieringa (2000) - Communism and Womens Same-Sex Practises in Post-Suharto Indonesia.pdf
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements
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- condensed from full annotation
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