Memory culture of the anti-leftist violence in Indonesia : embedded remembering / Grace T. Leksana.

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 the complexities of memory culture of violence. These memories are...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Heritage and memory studies ; 21.
Main Author: Leksana, Grace, 1980- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2023]
Series:Heritage and memory studies ; 21.
Subjects:
Collective memory > Political aspects > Indonesia > Jawa Timur.
Collective memory > Social aspects > Indonesia > Jawa Timur.
Indonesia > History > Coup d'état, 1965 > Influence.
Indonesia > History > Coup d'état, 1965 > Social aspects.
Indonésie > Histoire > 1965 (Coup d'État) > Influence.
Indonésie > Histoire > 1965 (Coup d'État) > Aspect social.
Mémoire collective > Aspect politique > Indonésie > Jawa Timur.
Mémoire collective > Aspect social > Indonésie > Jawa Timur.
Asian history.
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
HISTORY / Social History.
Indonesia.
Indonesia > Jawa Timur.
Violence, intolerance and persecution in history.
1965
History.
Genre:
History.
Online Access:
(Image)
Physical Description:226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The context of remembering
  • Executing the violence
  • Embedded Remembering
  • Memory landscapes
  • Postmemory, silence, and trauma in family narratives
  • Conclusion: Embedded Remembering, historiography, and national reconciliation.