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The Battle for History after Suharto (van Klinken, 2001)

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Gerry van Klinken's 2001 article mapping the post-Suharto contest over the national past: statist New Order history (film, Lubang Buaya rituals, book bans), versus societal streams including Sulami's 1999 truth-seeking organisation and Pramoedya. Historiographical context.

Artikel Gerry van Klinken 2001 yang memetakan perebutan masa lalu nasional pasca-Suharto: sejarah negara Orde Baru (film, ritual Lubang Buaya, pelarangan buku) versus arus masyarakat termasuk organisasi pencari kebenaran Sulami 1999 dan Pramoedya. Konteks historiografi.

People

Gerry van KlinkenSulamiPramoedya Ananta ToerNugroho Notosusanto

Places

IndonesiaEast TimorWest New Guinea (Papua)West Kalimantan

Events

Fall of Suharto and Reformasi

Topics

historiographymemory, testimony and justiceNew Orderpropaganda and mediamuseums and monuments

Tags

revisionist reassessmentnew order narrative

Details

Date
2001
Creator
van Klinken
Document type
journal article (journal article)
Language
English
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Period
1999–present
Access
Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
van Klinken, G. (2001). The battle for history after Suharto: Beyond sacred dates, great men, and legal milestones. Critical Asian Studies, 33(3), 323–350. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672710122604
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02 Secondary Sources/2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography/van Klinken (2001) - The Battle for History after Suharto.pdf
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Good (0.934) · 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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