5/23/2023 0 Comments The dancer ahmad tohari![]() ![]() It also represses and depoliticises the military's persecution and killing of the suspected communists through the pretexts of self-defence, ignorance, and guilt. Nevertheless, further analysis shows that, by portraying it as highly political, The dancer actually depoliticises the party in that it only reinforces what has been said of the party and removes any alternative points of view. The fact that the novel dares to touch the once suppressed subjects of the Indonesian Communist Party (the arch enemy of the regime) and the anti-communist persecution shows a drive for politicisation. ![]() Using the theories of depoliticisation, I argue that the novel is 1) largely supportive of the military regime due to the oppressive situation as well as the author's own political line, and 2) influenced by other powers besides the government. This struggle is reflected in Ahmad Tohari's novel entitled The dancer (2012), which has been largely credited as being critical towards the military regime. The Dancer, By Ahmad Tohari And The Memoir Decent Essays 1375 Words 6 Pages Open Document The novel The Dancer, by Ahmad Tohari and the memoir Across Three Wildernesses, by Ken McCullough, are first hand accounts of what it was like to be living during the cold war era in Southeast Asia. As with many post-colonial countries, Indonesia has suffered from a long conflict between the military and civil society since its independence in 1945. ![]()
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