Publication

2015 - Monash University Publishing, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL28355131M
  • ISBN-139781922235909
  • ISBN-139781925523843
  • ISBN-101922235903
  • ISBN-101925523845
and 3 more
  • OCLC Control Number905525166
  • Better World Books9781922235909
  • Better World Books9781925523843

Classifications

  • LCCHV6250.4.W65
  • LCCDS647.N8 M4513 2015

Description

This is the first book to consider the experiences of women survivors of the 1965 anti-communist violence in the majority Christian region of Eastern Indonesia. So far, most studies of the 1965 violence have focused on the Muslim majority population of Java and the Hindu majority population of Bali. Forbidden Memories presents stories from across the regions of Sumba, Sabu, Alor, Kupang and other parts of West Timor of women who were imprisoned and tortured or whose husbands were murdered. The book comprises a critical examination of the role of the Protestant Church at the time of the violence and, in its aftermath, the ongoing sanctions and political purges against those considered to be supporters of the Indonesian Communist Party. The writers argue that religious and state institutions failed to care for this vulnerable community in the face of state terrorism and a culture of fear.

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  • Forbidden MemoriesMonash University Publishing2015

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