The Indonesian National Games of 1951 and 1953: Identity, Ethnicity and Gender
Abstract
My objective in this paper is to fill out one aspect of the role of sport in Indonesian social history by examining the second and third National Games (Pekan Olahraga Nasional -- PON), one held in 1951 in Jakarta and the other in 1953 in Medan.The primary sources used in this study are the commemorative books produced for each of these Games, recording the main activities associated with them. These books offer useful insights into the state of Indonesian society and politics at the beginning of the 1950s, at a time when the country was working out ways of giving substance to the independence recently won from the Dutch.
Citation
Brown, Colin. 2006. : The Indonesian National Games of 1951 and 1953: Identity, Ethnicity and Gender , in Vickers, Adrian and Hanlon, Margaret (ed), 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 26 - 29 June 2006. Wollongong: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) & Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), The Australian National University.
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Asia Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA
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