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The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order: The Making of the Lubang Buaya Official Narrative (dissertation summary, 2010)
Construction of History under the New Order: making the Lubang Buaya narrative (summary, 2010)
Seven-page summary (LIPI journal, 2010) of Djakababa's dissertation arguing 1 Oct 1965 was chaotic and the New Order turned it into a good-versus-evil narrative via trials, the monument, commemoration and the film. Short companion to the full thesis.
Ringkasan tujuh halaman (jurnal LIPI, 2010) disertasi Djakababa yang berargumen 1 Okt 1965 kacau dan Orde Baru mengubahnya menjadi narasi baik-lawan-jahat lewat pengadilan, monumen, peringatan dan film. Pendamping singkat disertasi lengkap.
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- 2010
- Creator
- Djakababa
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- thesis (dissertation summary published in a journal (short article))
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- English
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- Scholarship
- Source role
- secondary
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- Indonesia
- Period
- 1999–present
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- Downloaded 2026-10-15 via Nath's Chrome (see 'Download Log 2026-10-15.csv'); JISSH (LIPI/BRIN) journal site, DOI 10.14203/jissh.v3i1.77; open access, licensed CC BY 3.0 as stated on p. 143. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- Djakababa, Y. M. (2010). The construction of history under Indonesia's New Order: The making of the Lubang Buaya official narrative [Dissertation summary]. Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities, 3, 143–149. https://doi.org/10.14203/jissh.v3i1.77
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- 02 Secondary Sources/2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography/Djakababa (2010) - The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order, the Making of the Lubang Buaya Official Narrative.pdf
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- Good (0.963) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography
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- condensed from full annotation
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