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Tahun yang Tak Pernah Berakhir: Memahami Pengalaman Korban 65 (Roosa, Ratih dan Farid, eds., 2004)

The Year That Never Ended: Understanding the Experiences of 1965 Victims (Roosa, Ratih and Farid, eds., 2004)

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2004 Elsam/ISSI/TRuK volume distilling an oral history project of 260 victims, with essays including on women political prisoners (Josepha Sukartiningsih), rape in Central Java, survival strategies and Blitar Selatan. Introduction defends oral history against the Lubang Buaya myth.

Buku 2004 Elsam/ISSI/TRuK yang menyarikan proyek sejarah lisan 260 korban, dengan esai termasuk tentang tahanan politik perempuan (Josepha Sukartiningsih), pemerkosaan di Jawa Tengah, strategi bertahan dan Blitar Selatan. Pengantar membela sejarah lisan terhadap mitos Lubang Buaya.

People

John RoosaI Gusti Agung Ayu RatihHilmar FaridRinto Tri HasworoYayan WiludihartoJosepha SukartiningsihAquino HayuntaRazifAndre Liem

Organisations

ELSAMIndonesian Institute of Social HistoryTim Relawan untuk Kemanusiaan

Places

Central JavaSouth Blitar

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

memory, testimony and justicekillings 1965–66arrests and detentionPlantungan and women prisonershistoriography

Tags

oral historyprisonssexual violence

Details

Date
2004
Creator
Roosa, Ratih and Farid
Document type
book (edited volume of oral history essays with interview transcripts)
Language
Indonesian; Javanese
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Access
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Citation (APA)
Roosa, J., Ratih, A., & Farid, H. (Eds.). (2004). Tahun yang tak pernah berakhir: Memahami pengalaman korban 65. Esai-esai sejarah lisan [The year that never ends: Understanding the experience of the victims of 65. Oral history essays]. Lembaga Studi dan Advokasi Masyarakat (Elsam); Institut Sejarah Sosial Indonesia; Tim Relawan untuk Kemanusiaan.
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography/Roosa, Ratih and Farid (2004) - Tahun yang Tak Pernah Berakhir.pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.944) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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