Muslim Women In Contemporary Indonesia
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Author |
: Nancy J. Smith-Hefner |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2019-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780824878115 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0824878116 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islamizing Intimacies by : Nancy J. Smith-Hefner
One of the great transformations presently sweeping the Muslim world involves not just political and economic change but the reshaping of young Muslims’ styles of romance, courtship, and marriage. Nancy J. Smith-Hefner takes up the personal lives and sexual attitudes of educated Muslim Javanese youth in the city of Yogyakarta to explore the dramatic social and ethical changes taking place in Indonesian society. Drawing on more than 250 interviews over a fifteen-year period, her vivid, well-crafted ethnography is full of insights into the real-life struggles of young Muslims and framed by a deep understanding of Indonesia’s wider debates on gender and youth culture. The changes among Muslim youth reflect an ongoing if at times unsteady attempt to balance varied ideals, ethical concerns, and aspirations. On the one hand, growing numbers of young people show a deep and pervasive desire for a more active role in their Islamic faith. On the other, even as they seek a more self-conscious and scripture-based profession of faith, many educated youth aspire to personal relationships similar to those seen among youth elsewhere—a greater measure of informality, openness, and intimacy than was typical for their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Young women in particular seek freedom for self-expression, employment, and social fulfillment outside of the home. Smith-Hefner pays particular attention to their shifting roles and perspectives because it is young women who have been most dramatically affected by the upheavals transforming this Muslim-majority country. Although deeply personal, the changing aspirations of young Muslims have immense implications for social and public life throughout Indonesia. The fruit of a longitudinal study begun shortly after the fall of the authoritarian New Order government and the return to democracy in 1998–1999, the book reflects Smith-Hefner’s nearly forty years of anthropological engagement with the island of Java and her continuing exploration into what it means to be both “modern” and Muslim. The culture of the new Muslim youth, the author shows, through all its nuances and variations, reflects the inexorable abandonment of traditions and practices deemed incompatible with authentic Islam and an ongoing and profound Islamization of intimacies.
Author |
: Istiadah |
Publisher |
: Monash Asia Inst |
Total Pages |
: 21 |
Release |
: 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0732605997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780732605995 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Muslim Women in Contemporary Indonesia by : Istiadah
Author is a lecturer at the State Institute of Islamic Studies in Malang and this paper was completed as a research project for her Master of Arts at Monash University, 1994.
Author |
: Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi |
Publisher |
: NUS Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2015-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789971698423 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9971698420 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indonesian Women and Local Politics by : Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi
In an important social change, female Muslim political leaders in Java have enjoyed considerable success in direct local elections following the fall of Suharto in Indonesia. Indonesian Women and Local Politics shows that Islam, gender, and social networks have been decisive in their political victories. Islamic ideas concerning female leadership provide a strong religious foundation for their political campaigns. However, their approach to women's issues shows that female leaders do not necessarily adopt a woman's perspectives when formulating policies. This new trend of Muslim women in politics will continue to shape the growth and direction of democratization in local politics in post-Suharto Indonesia and will color future discourse on gender, politics, and Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia.
Author |
: Diah Ariani Arimbi |
Publisher |
: Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages |
: 237 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789089640895 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9089640894 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reading Contemporary Indonesian Muslim Women Writers by : Diah Ariani Arimbi
A study that discusses the construction of gender and Islamic identities in literary writing by four prominent Indonesian Muslim women writers: Titis Basino P I, Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim, Abidah El Kalieqy and Helvy Tiana Rosa.
Author |
: Pieternella van Doorn-Harder |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2010-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252092718 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252092716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women Shaping Islam by : Pieternella van Doorn-Harder
In the United States, precious little is known about the active role Muslim women have played for nearly a century in the religious culture of Indonesia, the largest majority-Muslim country in the world. While much of the Muslim world excludes women from the domain of religious authority, the country's two leading Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--have created enormous networks led by women who interpret sacred texts and exercise powerful religious influence. In Women Shaping Islam, Pieternella van Doorn-Harder explores the work of these contemporary women leaders, examining their attitudes toward the rise of radical Islamists; the actions of the authoritarian Soeharto regime; women's education and employment; birth control and family planning; and sexual morality. Ultimately, van Doorn-Harder reveals the many ways in which Muslim women leaders understand and utilize Islam as a significant force for societal change; one that ultimately improves the economic, social, and psychological condition of women in Indonesian society.
Author |
: Anne Rasmussen |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2010-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520255494 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520255496 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women, the Recited Qur’an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia by : Anne Rasmussen
"Rasmussen has written a classic study of the world of Islamic soundscapes, performances and forms of musical piety in that most complex of societies, Indonesia. With great sensitivity, an alert musical response to players, reciters and audiences, a keen practitioner's ear and eye for subtlety as well as for the complexities of 'noise', she changes common assumptions about Muslim music and, not least, gender in changing Islamic ritual cultures. Her own political awareness and her professional as well as personal relations with women Qu'ran reciters contribute to an exciting an original volume that I recommend to any one exploring the riches of Islamic performances and debates in the contemporary world."—Michael Gilsenan, author of Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society
Author |
: Eva Fahrun Nisa |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 728 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:953306990 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Embodying the True Islam by : Eva Fahrun Nisa
Indonesian Muslim women who choose to wear the strictest type of women's dress, cadar (full face-veil), have become increasingly visible in Indonesia. This practice is often misunderstood in both popular media and scholarly works on Indonesian Islam: cadari (the wearers) are frequently stereotyped as terrorists or militants belonging to violent groups. The trend of face-veiling is viewed by some scholars as an aspect of the Arabisation of Indonesia. It is also frequently assumed that the cadar symbolises the oppression of Muslim women. Throughout Indonesian history it has often been regarded as a symbol of religious fanaticism. This thesis takes an ethnographic approach to investigate two different categories of women who wear the cadar belonging to two contrasting Islamic revivalist movements-Salafi groups on the one hand and Tablighi Jama'at on the other. The first group, who I term 'passionate cadari, makes a strong commitment to changing their lives to embody the norms of their religious groups. The second group I study consists of women attending an Islamic residential school where the cadar has been standardised. The thesis is based on 12 months of fieldwork in three large cities in Indonesia (Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Makassar) from 2007 to 2008, with a return visit for five months in 2009.
Author |
: Eva F. Nisa |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 197 |
Release |
: 2022-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000647051 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000647056 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Face-veiled Women in Contemporary Indonesia by : Eva F. Nisa
Face veiling is relatively new in Indonesia. It is often stereotyped as a sign of extremism and the growing Arabisation of Indonesian Muslims. It is also perceived as a symbol that demonstrates a lack of female agency. However, increasing numbers of women are choosing to wear the cadar (the full face veil). This book provides an ethnographic study of these women: why they choose to wear the cadar, embody strict religious disciplinary practices and the consequences of that choice. The women in this book belong to two Islamic revivalist movements: various Salafi groups and the Tablīghī Jamāʿat. Indonesia has constantly witnessed transformations in the meanings and practices of Islam, and this book demonstrates that women are key actors in this process. Nisa demonstrates that contrary to stereotypes, the women in this study have an agency which is expressed through their chosen docility and obedience.
Author |
: Monika Arnez |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789819956593 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9819956595 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender, Islam and Sexuality in Contemporary Indonesia by : Monika Arnez
Author |
: Linda Rae Bennett |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 165 |
Release |
: 2005-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134331550 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113433155X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women, Islam and Modernity by : Linda Rae Bennett
In popular debates about reproductive and sexual rights, formal religions, especially Islam, are seen as barriers providing institutional and ideological resistance to women's realization of reproductive and social autonomy. This book challenges this simplified view of Islam. Based on original fieldwork in Eastern Indonesia, the book explores the complex factors that affect how young Indonesian women form their sexual subjectivities, discusses the cultural and historical conditions under which single Muslim women repress or express their sexuality, and examines how the cultural context, including other factors besides Islam, simultaneously influence the ways in which young single women approach courtship, and issues of sexuality and reproductive health. It demonstrates that Islam is neither alone in trying to control female sexuality, nor entirely successful in doing so.