Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The literary phenomenon explored in this volume, the new wave of \nwomen’s writing which followed the ending of the authoritarian \nSuharto regime, has taken place in the context of a more general surge \nin prominence in Indonesian cultural expression of themes of gender \nand sexuality. Among the new freedoms afforded by the less controlled \npolitical climate has been greater permissiveness of sexual expression. \nCapitalist, commercial interests promote a flourishing of sexualised \nimagery in the mass media. At the same time, a loosening of the hold \nof the restrictive gender ideology of the New Order regime, aimed at \ncreating an ordered, family-style state, and constraining women to roles \nof supportive wives and mothers, has opened up new opportunities for \nsocial and political participation by women. Political parties actively \nseek women parliamentary candidates to fill quotas of female \nrepresentation; open discussion takes place in the media of issues of \ngender equality such as domestic violence.
Author: Barbara Hatley
Language: English
Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1543061584