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Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Published by Universitas Indonesia
ISSN : 14112272     EISSN : 24076899     DOI : https://doi.org/10.17510/wacana
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia. It invites original articles on various issues within humanities, which include but are not limited to philosophy, literature, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, history, cultural studies, philology, arts, library and information science focusing on Indonesian studies and research. Wacana seeks to publish a balanced mix of high-quality theoretical or empirical research articles, case studies, review papers, comparative studies, exploratory papers, and book reviews. All accepted manuscripts will be published both online and in printed forms. The journal publishes two thematic issues per year, in April and October. The first thematic issue consists of two numbers.
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Lilie Suratminto, Makna sosio-historis batu nisan VOC di Batavia. Depok: Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya UI, 2007, xiii + 234 hlm. ISBN 978-979-8184-91-8. Soft cover. Sunjayadi, Achmad
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McGlynn, John H. et al. (red.), Indonesia in the Soeharto years; Issues, incidents and images. Jakarta: Lontar Foundation, 2007, xxiii + 483 hlm. ISBN 979-808357-1. Price: EUR 49,90 (hard cover). Zuhdi, Susanto
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An identity of opposition against urban cosmopolitan setting in Yasmina Khadra's "The attack" (2006) Mamoto, Retno Sukardan
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Yasmina Khadra, a female name, pseudonym of Muhammed Moulessehoul, an Algerian military officer for 25 years is now a French citizen. John Cullen translates The attack (2006) from French. Rosenau's post-modernist perspective places the Israel-Palestine conflict in a context of social gap. Israel, a First World, whereas Palestine Third World, are both in the Middle East region. Amin Jaafari and his wife, Sihem, a couple of Arab naturalized citizens of Israel, live in urban cosmopolitan city of Tel Aviv. Opposing Amin's success as a surgeon, Sihem is more attracted to fight for the Palestinian liberation for a homeland. Sihem camouflaged herself with prosthetic pregnancy, blew bombs in a Tel Aviv caf , and died. McLeod's postcolonial point of view places Sihem as a hero. Woodward's concept of identity addresses the Jaafaris' troubled identity. Thus, opposition against urban cosmopolitan setting is the central theme as a notion of identity of that of the protagonists responding to their set situation.
Keterpenjaraan perempuan dalam ruang kota di dalam "Lost in translation" (2003) dan "The good girl" (2002) Saraswati, Asri
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The urban space offers more challenges to the female self. Two motion pictures, Lost in translation (2003) and The good girl (2002), depict the issue of gender and space by conveying the city as prison for the female characters. This article analyses the urban space and argues that in the two movies, the female characters struggle and eventually create meaning in the urban room. Applying feminism and urban geography in analysing the position of female characters within the city, the paper finds that the two films offer their perception on, and solutions to, the imprisonment of women by the urban environment which is stereotypically masculine.
Catharina Purwani Williams, Maiden voyages; Eastern Indonesian women on the move. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2007, xv + 211 hlm., foto. ISBN 978-90-6718-280-5. Harga: EUR 24,95 (soft cover). Budianta, Melani
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Cummings, William (editor and translator), A chain of kings; The Makassarese chronicles of Gowa and Talloq. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2007, ix + 123 pp. (Bibliotheca Indonesica 33). ISBN 978-90-6718-287-4. Price: EUR 24.90 (soft cover). Koolhof, Sirtjo
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Sarah Weiss, Listening to an earlier Java; Aesthetics, gender, and the music of wayang in Central Java. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2006, viii + 187 hlm., music cd. (Verhandelingen 237). ISBN 90-6718-273-7. Harga: EUR 35,00 (soft cover). Sedyawati, Edi
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Klarijn Loven, Watching Si Doel; Television, languages, and cultural identity in contemporary Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2008, ix + 377 hlm. ISBN 978-90-67182-79-6. Harga: EUR 39,90 (soft cover). Suryadi, S.
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Stuart Robson, Arjunawiw ha; The marriage of Arjuna of Mpu Kan wa. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2008), xiii + 208 pp. (Blibliotheca Indonesica 34). ISBN 978-90-6718-321-5. Price: EUR 24.90 (soft cover). van der Meij, Dick
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Between eroticism and social criticism; The literariness of Shahnon Ahmad's "Terdedah" (1965) Abdul Rani, Mohd Zariat
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In the history of modern Malay literature, the 1960s are labelled by many literary critics as era picisan (the age of dime fiction) because of the flood of karya picisan (dime fiction) in the local market. Karya picisan here refers to works that clearly manipulate sexual themes, with the intent of conjuring an atmosphere of eroticism to attract readers. Critics generally do not consider these works to be karya sastra (literary works) because they do not fulfil two important criteria that commonly classify the term 'literature', namely bahasa yang indah (aesthetic language) and isi yang berfaedah (beneficial content). In the context of this definition of 'literature', Shahnon Ahmad's 1965 novel Terdedah is considered problematic because of incongruities in the estimation of its 'literariness'. As opposed to critics who initially labelled it karya picisan, the 'literariness' of Terdedah was defended by its own author because it contained elements social criticism. This difference in opinion raises an important point regarding the commonly accepted definitions of 'literature' and 'literariness' in Malay literature: after Shahnon proclaimed his novel's worth based on its social criticism, critical reception towards Terdedah showed an unmistakable shift. With respect to this shift of opinion, this article will perform a critical analysis of the meaning of 'literariness' in relation to Terdedah, and in doing so, clearly determine its status as either a karya picisan or karya sastra, based on the definition of 'literature' practised in Malay literature.