Weapon of Mass Distraction

October 14, 2008

Julia Suryakusuma

  • The writer is the author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be contacted at jsuryakusuma@gmail.com

    THE wayang shadow puppet is the standard symbol of Indonesian politics. Some even say that Indonesian politics can only be understood in terms of the wayang.

    Just take one example: The Year of Living Dangerously, the award-winning Hollywood film is set in Jakarta the year leading up to the alleged Communist coup of 1965. It opens

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