In this article: Wijaya Herlambang
Written by Andreas D. Arditya
Originally published in Jakarta Post.
Jun 08, 2014
Written by Andreas D. Arditya
Originally published in Jakarta Post.
Jun 08, 2014
In his book, Kekerasan Budaya Pasca 1965: Bagaimana Orde Baru Melegitimasi Anti-Komunisme Melalui Sastra dan Film (Post-1965 Cultural Violence: How the New Order Legitimized Anti-communism Through Literature and Film), Wijaya said the regime implemented a prolonged political campaign, which was culturally aggressive, to legitimize violence against communists and their supporters during and after 1965.
'The regime justified its violence through films, museums, dioramas, monuments, commemoration days, course material, school books, history books and literature,' he said.
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