Gender and its representation in Indonesian societies
B Hatley
8 points * 2 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject looks representations of women and gender in Indonesian cultural forms - literature, performing arts and film - in the light of studies of gender relations in Indonesian societies, as well as feminist theories of representation. It seeks to establish links between the gender practices and ideologies of particular periods and social groups and the representation of gender in corresponding cultural forms. Acknowledging but seeking to avoid the danger of distorting Indonesian voices by imposing Western models, the course seeks to make use of the findings of Western feminist criticism to explore the particular nature of Indonesian gender experience and its representation.
Assessment
Essay (3500 words): 50% * Seminar presentation and written paper (2000 words): 40% * Seminar participation: 10%
Prescribed texts
Chudori L Malam Terakhir Grafiti
Dini N H Jalan Bandungan Penerbitan Djambatan
Kartini Letters of a Javanese princess Norton
Pane A Shackles Ohio UP/Belenggu P T Dian Rakyat
Pramudya Ananta Tur Girl from the coast Select Books
Pramudya Ananta Tur This earth of mankind Penguin
Umar Kayam Sri Sumarah dan Bawuk (Sri Sumarah and other Stories) tr. H Aveling, Heinemann
Recommended texts
Atkinson J and Errington S (eds) Power and difference: Gender in island Southeast Asia Stanford UP, 1991
Jayawardena K Feminism and nationalism in the third world Zed Books
Kerstan B (ed.) Forging new paths: Feminist social methodology and rural women in Java Zed Books
Gilbert S and Gubar S The madwoman in the attic Yale UP
Moi T Sexual/textual politics Methuen
Radway J Reading the romance: Women, patriarchy and popular literature U North Carolina
Showalter E The new feminist criticism Virago