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Historical Trauma and the Discourse of Indonesian-ness in Contemporary Indonesian Horror Films

Sutandio, Anton
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395861044

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Interdisciplinary Arts (Fine Arts).
This dissertation investigates six contemporary Indonesian terror-evoking films that address the historical trauma of the New Order regime under Soeharto. The films chosen were: Rizal Mantovani's Jelangkung/The Uninvited (2001) and Air Terjun Pengantin/The Bride's Waterfall (2009), Allan Luanrdi's Karma (2008) , Monty Tiwa's Keramat/Sacred (2009), Helfi Kardit's Arwah Goyang Karawang/Karawang Dance Ghost (2011), and Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing (2012). The textual analysis of this dissertation focuses on the allegorical functions of these films in contextualizing different senses of historical trauma and negotiating the discourse of Indonesian-ness. The distinct cataclysmic tenor of each film suggests an unresolved trauma of the nation that points to the latent ideological influence of the fallen New Order regime. This influence manifests itself in the retrospective understanding of Indonesian history and the contemporary discourse of Indonesian-ness. The investigation focuses on three different components of historical trauma that pertains to pemuda/youth activists, gender performativity, and ethnicity, in particular the Chinese-Indonesians. Since this dissertation explicitly engages with political trauma, gender, and ethnic conflict, various studies on the respective fields constitute the analytical framework for this project.
Michael Gillespie (Committee Chair)
William Condee (Committee Member)
Charles Buchanan (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Collins (Committee Member)
219 p.
Film Studies
Indonesian-ness; Indonesian Horror Films; Historical Trauma

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  • Sutandio, A. (2014). Historical Trauma and the Discourse of Indonesian-ness in Contemporary Indonesian Horror Films [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395861044

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sutandio, Anton. Historical Trauma and the Discourse of Indonesian-ness in Contemporary Indonesian Horror Films. 2014. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395861044.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sutandio, Anton. "Historical Trauma and the Discourse of Indonesian-ness in Contemporary Indonesian Horror Films." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395861044

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