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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Challenging diversity?: Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Bill</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Allen, Pamela M.</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Challenging diversity?: Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Bill.</xhtml:em> Asian Studies Review, 31 (2). pp. 101-115. ISSN 1035-7823</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1122/1/Challenging_Diversity.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1122/1/Challenging_Diversity.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />700Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357820701373275">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357820701373275</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">By the time this article goes to press, Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Bill (Rancangan Undang-Undang Antipornografi dan Pornoaksi, known in Indonesia as RUU APP) may well have become law. My discussion here, however, goes beyond the details of the various versions of the Bill to its wider symbolism. I argue that the rhetoric both for and against the Bill is symbolic of a deep concern about the future of the nation. The stated articles and clauses of the Bill are of less concern to most Indonesians than what is 'unstated' in it. For many, the 'unstated' is the influence that a growing Islamic conservatism can wield on those in power. Indonesia may have the largest Muslim population in the world but resistance to this Bill sends a message that there is widespread alarm in the country at the prospect of a religious hegemony where Islam not only sets moral standards but also drives state policy. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Definitive version available online at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10357823.asp</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">anti-pornography, Islam, diversity, Indonesia</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/420308.html">420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420308 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370000.html">370000 Studies in Human Society</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1122</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Assoc. Prof. Pamela M Allen</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">31 May 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1122;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1122">item control page</a></p>
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