Identity and Pleasure

The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture

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by Ariel Heryanto

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Southeast Asia

Keywords

Indonesia, sociology, politics

Publishing date

2014

Publisher

National University of Singapore Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 268 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-9971-69-821-8

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Book Presentation:
Identity and Pleasure: The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture critically examines what media and screen culture reveal about the ways urban-based Indonesians attempted to redefine their identity in the first decade of this century. Through a richly nuanced analysis of expressions and representations found in screen culture (cinema, television and social media), it analyses the waves of energy and optimism, and the disillusionment, disorientation and despair, that arose in the power vacuum that followed the dramatic collapse of the militaristic New Order government.
While in-depth analyses of identity and political contestation within the nation are the focus of the book, trans-national engagements and global dimensions are a significant part of the story in each chapter. The author focuses on contemporary cultural politics in Indonesia, but each chapter contextualizes current circumstances by setting them within a broader historical perspective.

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