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The Birth of the New Order State in Indonesia: Sexual Politics and Nationalism (Wieringa, ISS Working Paper 332, 2001)
The Birth of the New Order State in Indonesia: Sexual Politics and Nationalism (Wieringa, 2001)
Front matter only (title, contents, abstract) of Wieringa's ISS working paper 332 (Feb 2001) arguing the New Order legitimated itself through sexual politics, the military's 30-year slander of Gerwani. Body of the paper missing from the scan.
Hanya halaman depan (judul, daftar isi, abstrak) makalah kerja ISS no. 332 Wieringa (Feb 2001) yang berargumen Orde Baru melegitimasi diri lewat politik seksual, fitnah militer terhadap Gerwani selama 30 tahun. Isi makalah tidak ada dalam pindaian.
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- Date
- 2001
- Creator
- Wieringa
- Document type
- journal article (working paper (ISS Working Paper Series, no. 332) — INCOMPLETE COPY: only cover, series page, table of contents and abstract)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Scholarship
- Source role
- secondary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Period
- 1999–present
- Source archive
- EUR RePub · source link
- Access
- ISS Working Paper downloaded as a PDF fragment (likely from the ISS / Erasmus University RePub repository or a cached copy; exact URL not recorded in the file); open access. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Full text still to be obtained. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Wieringa, S. E. (2001). The birth of the New Order state in Indonesia: Sexual politics and nationalism (ISS Working Paper No. 332). Institute of Social Studies.
- File
- 02 Secondary Sources/2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements/Wieringa (2001) - The Birth of the New Order State in Indonesia, Sexual Politics and Nationalism.pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.93) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.1 Gerwani and Indonesian Women's Movements
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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