Maskulinitas

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Maskulinitas is a ground-breaking treatment of the representation of men and masculinity in Indonesian culture, from Suharto's New Order era to the present. It includes critical analysis of Indonesian cultural expression in literature, cinema, society and politics. Drawing on the ideas of Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Maier and others, Marshall Clark explores, with acute insight and a critical eye, constructions of the masculine in contemporary Indonesian society. This book also challenges the way scholars of Indonesia have held firm to the categories and frameworks of gender studies ùa field still often equated with women's studiesùwhile offering fascinating insights into representations and images of men as engendered and engendering subjects