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Challenging Diversity?: Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Bill
Citation
Allen, PM, Challenging Diversity?: Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Bill, Asian Studies Review, 31, (2) pp. 101-115. ISSN 1035-7823 (2007) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2007 Asian Studies Association of Australia.
DOI: doi:10.1080/10357820701373275
Abstract
By the time this article goes to press, Indonesia’s Anti-Pornography Bill [Rancangan
Undang-Undang Antipornografi dan Pornoaksi, known in Indonesia as RUU APP] may
well have become law. My discussion here, however, goes beyond the details of the
various versions of the Bill to its wider symbolism. I argue that the rhetoric both for
and against the Bill is symbolic of a deep concern about the future of the nation. The
stated articles and clauses of the Bill are of less concern to most Indonesians than what
is "unstated" in it. For many, the "unstated" is the influence that a growing Islamic conservatism
can wield on those in power. Indonesia may have the largest Muslim population
in the world but resistance to this Bill sends a message that there is widespread alarm in the
country at the prospect of a religious hegemony in which Islam not only sets moral standards
but also drives state policy.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Indonesia, pornography, Anti-Pornography Bill, moral standards |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Gender studies |
Research Field: | Gender studies not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Political systems |
UTAS Author: | Allen, PM (Associate Professor Pamela Allen) |
ID Code: | 46783 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Deposited By: | Asian Languages and Studies |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2013-03-25 |
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