GA-02980 2016 relevance B public
Gerwani dalam Novel The Crocodile Hole Karya Saskia E. Wieringa (Marhamah, Jurnal Perempuan, 2016)
Gerwani in Saskia Wieringa's novel The Crocodile Hole (Marhamah, 2016)
Unsiyah Marhamah's 2016 review in Jurnal Perempuan of Saskia Wieringa's novel The Crocodile Hole, following a Dutch researcher in 1980 investigating Gerwani and 1965 with ex-prisoner informants; argues fiction can convey historical facts. Literary treatment of Gerwani.
Ulasan Unsiyah Marhamah 2016 di Jurnal Perempuan atas novel Saskia Wieringa The Crocodile Hole, tentang peneliti Belanda pada 1980 yang menyelidiki Gerwani dan 1965 dengan informan mantan tahanan; berargumen fiksi dapat menyampaikan fakta sejarah. Perlakuan sastra atas Gerwani.
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- Date
- 2016
- Creator
- Marhamah
- Document type
- web article (online essay / book review (feminist web magazine, 'Wacana Feminis' section))
- Language
- Indonesian
- Perspective
- Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
- Source role
- secondary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1999–present
- Source archive
- Jurnal Perempuan · source link
- Access
- Jurnal Perempuan website, Wacana Feminis section, https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/gerwani-dalam-novel-the-crocodile-hole-karya-saskia-e-wieringa, open access. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Marhamah, U. S. (2016, April 28). Gerwani dalam novel The Crocodile Hole karya Saskia E. Wieringa [Gerwani in Saskia E. Wieringa's novel The Crocodile Hole]. Jurnal Perempuan, Wacana Feminis. https://www.jurnalperempuan.org/wacana-feminis/gerwani-dalam-novel-the-crocodile-hole-karya-saskia-e-wieringa
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- 02 Secondary Sources/2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism/Marhamah (2016) - Gerwani dalam Novel The Crocodile Hole Karya Saskia E. Wieringa (Jurnal Perempuan).txt
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- Good (0.938) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism
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- condensed from full annotation
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