Maskulinitas, and exciting new book from MAI Press, is a ground-breaking treatment of the representation of men and masculinity in Indonesian culture, from Suharto’s New Order era to the present. It includes critical analysis of Indonesian cultural expression in literature, cinema, society and politics. This book challenges the way scholars of Indonesia have held firm to the categories and frameworks of gender studies—a field still often equated with women’s studies—while offering fascinating insights into representations and images of men as engendered and engendering subjects.

Maskulinitas: culture, gender and politics in Indonesia, by Marshall Clark, 2010, AU$29.95, ISBN 978 1 876924 76 8