- 著者
- Yerry Wirawan
- 出版者
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- 雑誌
- Southeast Asian Studies (ISSN:21867275)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.7, no.1, pp.85-101, 2018 (Released:2018-04-26)
- 参考文献数
- 27
This paper discusses the strategic essentialism of gender and politics in modern Indonesia by rereading literary works of Siti Rukiah (1927–96): her first novel, Kedjatuhan dan Hati (1950), and her collection of poems and short stories Tandus (1952). It locates Rukiah’s position in modern Indonesian politics and the literary world to understand how she crafted her literary skills. It highlights the importance of her hometown, Purwakarta, as the locus of her literary development. It argues that as a representative female writer of the time Rukiah offered important contributions to the nation’s consciousness of gender equality and liberation from the oppressive social structure.