Memory Culture of the Anti-Leftist Violence in Indonesia

Embedded Remembering
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-94-6372-356-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

Reihe: Heritage and Memory Studies

This book examines how community remembers one of the most gruesome acts of violence in the 20th century: the anti-communist violence in 1965 in Indonesia. Through a case study in a rural district in East Java, this research presents complexities of memory culture of violence. These memories are not exclusively determined by the state’s repressive memory project, but are actually embedded in intricate social relations and local context where the violence occurred. What people remember, forget, or silenced is part of the continuous negotiation to claim one’s right, to relate to the state, and to be Indonesian citizen. This book redefines the politics of memory – that it does not necessarily appear in formal arenas, but actually lies in the intricate web of local dynamics, often involving transactional and clientelistic practices.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tjandra Leksana, Grace

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Acronyms and Glossary, Introduction, Chapter 1- The context of remembering, Chapter 2 - Executing the violence, Chapter 3 - Embedded Remembering, Chapter 4 - Memory landscapes, Chapter 5- Postmemory, silence, and trauma in family narratives, Conclusion -Embedded Remembering, historiography, and national reconciliation.

Über Autor(innen)

Grace Leksana obtained her doctoral degree from Leiden University. She is currently an assistant professor in the History Department at Universitas Negeri Malang, researching collective memory, state violence, oral history, rural and agrarian studies, and decolonization. She is a member of the Indonesian Institute of Social History (Institut Sejarah Sosial Indonesia).