1965 from women's wombs and inner lives: review of Istana Jiwa (Wahyuni, 2014)
Dewi Nova Wahyuni's review (2014) of Putu Oka Sukanta's novel Istana Jiwa through its women characters (a CGMI activist and others), read via the image of women's womb and inner life, contrasting with his prior novel on men in prison. Literary context.
Ulasan Dewi Nova Wahyuni (2014) atas novel Putu Oka Sukanta Istana Jiwa lewat tokoh-tokoh perempuannya (aktivis CGMI dan lainnya), dibaca lewat citra rahim dan batin perempuan, dibandingkan dengan novel sebelumnya tentang lelaki di penjara. Konteks sastra.
Tempo review (7 Mar 2011) by Martin Aleida of Putu Oka Sukanta's documentary 'Plantungan', screened at GoetheHaus, finding it under-researched. It features former Plantungan prisoners Siti Suratih, Suci Danarti, Pujiati, Mujiati and Sp. Tican and rebuts the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film's slander of women; Aleida adds Ta
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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.
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Ariel Heryanto essay in Tempo (1 Oct 2012) on state terror, propaganda film and the 1965 wound, from Supersemar and the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film to post-1998 indie documentaries and The Act of Killing. One passage states Gerwani leaders were detained, raped, tortured and portrayed as immoral mutilators in army press
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Tempo feature (3 Oct 2020) on Fanny Chotimah's documentary 'You and I' (DMZ festival award) about Solo ex-political prisoners Kaminah and Kusdalini, Pemuda Rakyat/Gita Patria choir members detained in 1965 and later rejected by family; contrasts it with the Pengkhianatan film's razor-blade scene and the Plantungan docu
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Andrew Weintraub's 2021 study of the Dialita choir from 2018-21 fieldwork with members including Njoto's daughter Irina Dayasih, arguing collective singing is critical remembrance and memory activism where legal routes are blocked. Substantial English-language study.
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Bali Post, 31 May 1992, p. 6: review of Y.B. Mangunwijaya's novel Durga Umayi whose climax has the heroine exposed as a Lekra and Gerwani figure.
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Media Indonesia, 18 Aug 1991, p. 15: review of Y.B. Mangunwijaya's Durga Umayi summarising the heroine's path from Sukarno's household servant to rape, prostitution and becoming 'an important figure in Gerwani', a political fugitive.
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Jurnal Perempuan report (28 Oct 2015) on the Jakarta launch of Saskia Wieringa's novel The Crocodile Hole, where she explains arriving in the late 1970s to find only 'domesticated' women's groups and being shocked at Gerwani's disappearance after New Order propaganda. Launch report.
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