Tracing the white ink: the maternal body in Indonesian women's writing
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the white ink: the maternal body in Indonesian women’s writing Intan Paramaditha Criticism
concerning post-Soeharto Indonesian women’s writing has always revolved around the
celebration of female sexuality, which was inhibited and repressed during the New Order
government. Hélène Cixous’ ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’ has been cited in journals and
newspapers to support (or counter) the argument that writing about sexuality is an effort to regain …
the white ink: the maternal body in Indonesian women’s writing Intan Paramaditha Criticism
concerning post-Soeharto Indonesian women’s writing has always revolved around the
celebration of female sexuality, which was inhibited and repressed during the New Order
government. Hélène Cixous’ ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’ has been cited in journals and
newspapers to support (or counter) the argument that writing about sexuality is an effort to regain …
Report is presented exploring the investigations on maternal body by prominent Indonesian women writers like Ayu Utami and Djenar Maesa Ayu. Exploration allows the readers to look at the connection between writing and non-erotic aspects of the body.
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