Sexual Politics in Indonesia

by Saskia E. Wieringa

This book analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the twentieth century until the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's organization in the non-communist world. Gerwani members combined feminist demands such as a reform of the marriage law with an insistence upon a political role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333987187
• ISBN13: 9780333987186
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.9"