Saskia E. Wieringa and Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, "Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia" (Routledge, 2018)
Several months ago, Saskia Wieringa joined her co-authors Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman on the show to talk about their edited volume\xa0The International People's Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide.\xa0\xa0\nThis time, Wieringa is on the show to talk about another co-edited volume.\xa0\xa0Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia\xa0(Routledge, 2018)\xa0is a kind of companion volume to the first study.\xa0Wieringa and Katjusungkana focus here on the way in which propaganda set the stage for, encouraged participation in and offered explanations for the genocide.\xa0This campaign portrayed communists as enemies of the Indonesian nation. But more than that, the propaganda leveraged already existing political and gender stereotypes, presenting communists as atheists, hypersexualized and amoral.\xa0This propaganda was and remains widely accepted in Indonesia, enabling mass violence in the 1960s and political persecution in the decades since.\nBut the book expands at time from its core focus on propaganda, shedding new light on the events of 30 September and, in particular, on the impacts of the violence on contemporary Indonesian society.\xa0Scholars and casual readers will find much of interest in the book.\n Kelly McFall is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Newman University.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies