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The Cold War and its Legacy in Indonesia Literary Representation of the Red Scare
By Silvia Mayasari-Hoffert
Copyright 2024
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
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Mayasari-Hoffert examines the depiction of the Left in Indonesian literature since the anti-leftist purge in 1965.
With close textual analysis of Indonesian literary texts and their political context, this book investigates how the New Order regime under Suharto was able to build a metanarrative of liberation while purging the Left in Indonesia. Even after the regime’s end in 1998, many... Read more
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List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Cold War and the PKI
The Anti-PKI Short Stories: Blueprint for Humanist Novels
Popular Novels and the New Order: Conformity behind the Bravery
Wayang Novels: From Nationalism to Universal Humanism
Short Stories by ‘Leftist’ Writers: Who’s Left?
Surrealist and Realist Novels: Post-Authoritarian Writers Revisiting Official History
Conclusion: The Legacy of the Red Scare in Indonesia
Biography
Silvia Mayasari-Hoffert is a lecturer in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
