The Many Shades of Shame in Indonesian Gender and Sexual Politics

Many scholars working on emotion cultures in Indonesian societies have asserted the integralrole of malu (shame or shame-like emotions) in people’s everyday interactions (Geertz 1973;Keeler 1983; Stodulka 2009; Beatty 2005; Boellstorff and Lindquist 2004; Fessler 2004). Oneof the most prominent studies on this topic is conducted by Birgitt Röttger-Rössler (2013) whodraws on the “Indonesian-model of shame” based on findings in her ethnographic fieldworkamong the Makassar, in South Sulawesi Indonesia.