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Herlinatiens: between lesbianism, Islam and feminism (2008)
Journal Article
Marching, S. T. (2008). Herlinatiens: between lesbianism, Islam and feminism. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 9(1), 7-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649370701789591

In the year 2003, an Indonesian female author Herlinatiens published her novel The Margins of a Lesbian (Garis Tepi Seorang Lesbian) for the first time. It describes the love story of a lesbian, Ashmora Paria, together with detailed descriptions of t... Read More about Herlinatiens: between lesbianism, Islam and feminism.

Descriptions of Female Sexuality in Ayu Utami’s Saman (2007)
Journal Article
Marching, S. T. (2007). Descriptions of Female Sexuality in Ayu Utami’s Saman. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 38(1), 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463406000968

Ayu Utami's Saman, published in May 1998, describes female sexuality openly, a factor which has caused some controversy in Indonesia. Several critics have applauded the explicit descriptions of sexuality in this novel, claiming they are a means of ‘t... Read More about Descriptions of Female Sexuality in Ayu Utami’s Saman.

The Representation of the Body in Two Indonesian Women's Novels: Ayu Utami's Saman and Fira Basuki's Jendela-jendela (2007)
Journal Article
Marching, S. T. (2007). The Representation of the Body in Two Indonesian Women's Novels: Ayu Utami's Saman and Fira Basuki's Jendela-jendela. Indonesia and the Malay World, 35(102), 231 - 245. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639810701440699

Since the fall of President Suharto in 1998 there has been an increase in the number of Indonesian female authors. Known as the sastra wangi (fragrant literature) generation, one of the shared themes of these writers is the explicit discussion of fem... Read More about The Representation of the Body in Two Indonesian Women's Novels: Ayu Utami's Saman and Fira Basuki's Jendela-jendela.