This book presents a historical overview of the Indonesian lm industry, the relationship between censorship and representation, and the rise of women lmmakers in the post-New Order period. It considers scholarship on gender in Indonesian cinema through the lens of power relations. Examining key themes such as nationalism, women's rights, polygamy, and terrorism which have preoccupied local filmmakers for decades, it resonates with the socio-political changes and upheavals in Indonesia s modern history and projects images of the nation through the debates on gender and Islam. The text also...