Men, Masculinities and Symbolic Violence in Recent Indonesian Cinema

This article investigates images of men and masculinities in post-New Order Indonesian popular culture, focusing on a recent and path-breaking Indonesian film, Kuldesak. The theoretical sociology of Pierre Bourdieu is utilised to suggest that if Indonesian women are to be assisted in their efforts t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore) 2004-02, Vol.35 (1), p.113-131
1. Verfasser:	Clark, Marshall
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Behavior Bourdieu, Pierre Cinema Communication Ethnology Family. Family relations Feminism Film criticism Gender identity Gender roles Gender studies Genre Indonesia Masculinity Mass Media Images Men Motion picture industry Motion pictures Movie industry Movies New order Patriarchy Popular Culture Regional studies Sex inequality Sex Role Attitudes Sex roles Sex, gender, sexuality Sexual Inequality Sexual violence Social structure and social relations Society South Asian studies Southeast Asian culture Southeast Asian studies Symbolism Violence Women
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Zusammenfassung:	This article investigates images of men and masculinities in post-New Order Indonesian popular culture, focusing on a recent and path-breaking Indonesian film, Kuldesak. The theoretical sociology of Pierre Bourdieu is utilised to suggest that if Indonesian women are to be assisted in their efforts to resist the gender inequality of Indonesia's patriarchal gender regime, then the social gendering of men and masculinity must also be understood.
ISSN:	0022-4634 1474-0680
DOI:	10.1017/S0022463404000062