Motherhood Identity in the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Elections: Populism and Political Division in the National Women's Movement

IF 2.2 4区社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Contemporary Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2020-08-31 DOI:10.1355/cs42-2d

K. Dewi

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Abstract:Motherhood identity was intensively deployed during campaigns for the 2019 Indonesian presidential elections. Based on interviews conducted with women's activists in Jakarta and surrounding areas from September 2018 to April 2019, this article analyses the contestation of ideas about motherhood identity expressed in the campaign rhetoric of the "power of emak-emak" (ordinary, working-class mothers) and "Ibu Bangsa" (Mothers of the Nation). It argues that the "power of emak-emak", used by the Prabowo-Sandi campaign, is a populist narrative that sought to empower ordinary mothers and was similar to the use of motherhood identity as a populist narrative in Latin America. Meanwhile, the Jokowi-Ma'ruf slate advanced the idea of Ibu Bangsa, which is less related to ordinary women's daily problems. This article reveals how the debate among women's activists over the two contending terms signifies the political division of the women's movement, including in its support for the two presidential candidates. This article not only seeks to enrich the discourse on gender and populism in Indonesia, but also provides a current portrait of the Indonesian women's movement.

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2019年印尼总统选举中的母性认同:全国妇女运动中的民粹主义与政治分裂

摘要:在2019年印尼总统大选期间，母亲身份被广泛使用。本文基于2018年9月至2019年4月期间对雅加达及周边地区女性活动家的采访，分析了“普通工人阶级母亲的力量”和“国民母亲”等竞选口号中关于母亲身份的争论。它认为，Prabowo-Sandi运动使用的“emak-emak的力量”是一种民粹主义叙事，旨在赋予普通母亲权力，类似于拉丁美洲使用母亲身份作为民粹主义叙事。与此同时，佐科维-马鲁夫阵营提出了“伊布邦萨”的概念，这与普通女性的日常问题关系不大。这篇文章揭示了妇女活动家之间关于两个竞争术语的辩论如何表明妇女运动的政治分歧，包括对两位总统候选人的支持。本文不仅试图丰富印尼性别与民粹主义的论述，也提供印尼妇女运动的现况。

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期刊介绍： Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute''s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia''s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The primary focus of the journal is on issues related to domestic politics in Southeast Asian countries, regional architecture and community building, military, strategic and security affairs, conflict zones and relations among the Great Powers. CSEA publishes authoritative, insightful and original contributions from scholars, think-tank analysts, journalists and policy-makers from across the globe. The Editorial Committee is guided by the advice of the International Advisory Committee which is composed of eminent scholars from Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.