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9780773454354

The Discrepancy Between the Public and the Private Selves of Indonesian Women: A Comparison of Published and Unpublished Autobiographies and Diaries

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773454354

  • ISBN10:

    0773454357

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-07-30
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
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List Price: $109.95

Summary

This study investigates Indonesian women's public and private representations of identity in the New Order period (1967-1998), in the form of published autobiographies and unpublished diaries collected during fieldwork.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The evolution of identity and cultural origin in Indonesian life writingsp. 15
The reader of Indonesian women's autobiographies and diaries : between the public and private selfp. 35
Women's individuality : self-importance and ambitionp. 67
The government and its institutions as readersp. 95
The state and political ideology as readers in diariesp. 121
Indonesian women's sexuality in published autobiographiesp. 143
The expression of sexual and romantic passion in unpublished diariesp. 171
Women's power in negotiating social constructionsp. 197
Conclusionp. 231
List of autobiographies and diariesp. 235
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