Mixed-Race Superman

Mixed-Race Superman asks what it means to be mixed race in an increasingly divided world. In an era where a man endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan can sit in the White House, Will Harris considers how two very different supermen—Barack Obama and Keanu Reeves—each transformed the confusion of a mixed … [Read more...]

Salvage

How do we transform the wreckage of our identities? Cynthia Dewi Oka’s evocative collection answers this question by brimming with what we salvage from our most deep-seated battles. Reflecting the many dimensions of the poet’s life, Salvage manifests an intermixture of aesthetic forms that … [Read more...]

Dari Penjara Ke Penjara

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Kekerasan Budaya Pasca 1965: Bagaimana Orde Baru Melegitimasi Anti-Komunisme Melalui Sastra dan Film

Although there have been a number of notable studies on the cultural con ict of 1964–1965 in Indonesia between the Left artististic group Lembaga Kebudajaan Rakjat (Institution of People’s Culture, Lekra), and the liberal Manifes Kebudajaan (Cultural manifesto), which supported the idea of … [Read more...]

The Girl from the Coast

Pramoedya's The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become the 'lady' of her husband's house. Pramoedya's … [Read more...]

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