Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Edition 83: Jul-Sep 2005

Arts Politics: a new era?
More voices
Written by Barbara Hatley   
Women and marginalised groups seize new opportunities in the arts Tags: Theatre Gender Media Habibie presidency (1998-99) Wahid presidency (1999-01) Megawati presidency (2001-04) Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) National
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Woman power
Written by Rucina Ballinger   
In Bali, a new all-female dance-drama troupe is flouting traditional gender roles Tags: Dance Gender Yudhoyono presidency (2004-)
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Crossing male boundaries
Written by Carmencita Palermo   
Confidence crisis for Bali’s women mask dancers Tags: Dance Gender Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) Bali
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Comic heyday!
Written by Laine Berman   
Indonesia’s comic scene is in a golden age but the industry remains marginal and plagued by self-doubt Tags: Visual Arts Habibie presidency (1998-99) Wahid presidency (1999-01) Megawati presidency (2001-04) Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) National
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Urban poetry
Written by Michael Bodden   
Subversive ‘underground’ voices in Indonesian rap Michael Bodden It’s Jakarta, June 2004 and the boom box is playing a hip-hop beat. It’s a far cry from the meditative gamelan music, saccharine love songs or even the sensual dangdut one expects to hear in Java. The rapper is Xaqhala and he spins a gritty, rhythmic poem of everyday youth experience. Tags: Poetry New Order (1967-98) Habibie presidency (1998-99) Wahid presidency (1999-01) Megawati presidency (2001-04) Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) National
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Film revolution?
Written by Krishna Sen   
Women are now on both sides of the camera Tags: FilmCinema Gender Habibie presidency (1998-99) Wahid presidency (1999-01) Megawati presidency (2001-04) Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) National
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Writing back
Written by Lauren Bain   
Local theatre in Makassar reveals a backlash against Java-centrism Tags: Theatre Local Politics Habibie presidency (1998-99) Wahid presidency (1999-01) Megawati presidency (2001-04) Yudhoyono presidency (2004-) Sulawesi
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