GA-02978 2009 relevance B public
Aku Seorang Gerwani (puisi, Omie Lubis, IndoPROGRESS, 2009)
Aku Seorang Gerwani: poem (Omie Lubis, 2009)
Free-verse poem 'Aku Seorang Gerwani' by Omie Lubis (IndoPROGRESS, 5 May 2009): a Gerwani woman's monologue to her child born of rape, describing forced nakedness and forced 'painting of history', ending as a testament to truth and justice. Literary representation.
Puisi bebas 'Aku Seorang Gerwani' oleh Omie Lubis (IndoPROGRESS, 5 Mei 2009): monolog perempuan Gerwani kepada anaknya yang lahir dari pemerkosaan, menggambarkan penelanjangan paksa dan 'melukis sejarah' paksa, ditutup sebagai wasiat tentang kebenaran dan keadilan. Representasi sastra.
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- Date
- 2009
- Creator
- Lubis
- Document type
- web article (poem (online publication, web text))
- Language
- Indonesian
- Perspective
- Other
- Source role
- secondary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1999–present
- Source archive
- IndoPROGRESS · source link
- Access
- IndoPROGRESS, https://indoprogress.com/2009/05/aku-seorang-gerwani/, open access (non-profit, donation-funded web media). Retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Lubis, O. (2009, May 5). Aku seorang Gerwani [I am a Gerwani] [Poem]. IndoPROGRESS. https://indoprogress.com/2009/05/aku-seorang-gerwani/
- File
- 02 Secondary Sources/2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism/Lubis (2009) - Aku Seorang Gerwani (IndoPROGRESS, poem).txt
- OCR / text
- Good (0.912) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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