Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia

Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 181
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ISBN-10 : 9781136963872
ISBN-13 : 1136963871
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Book Synopsis Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia by : Sonja van Wichelen

Download or read book Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia written by Sonja van Wichelen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned. Many of the issues raised by Muslim groups concerned matters pertaining to gender and the body. They triggered heated debates about women’s rights, female political participation, sexuality, pornography, veiling, and polygamy. The author argues that public debates on Islam and Gender in contemporary Indonesia only partially concern religion, and more often refer to shifting moral conceptions of the masculine and feminine body in its intersection with new class dynamics, national identity, and global consumerism. By approaching the contentious debates from a cultural sociological perspective, the book links the theoretical domains of body politics, the mediated public sphere, and citizenship. Placing the issue of gender and Islam in the context of Indonesia, the biggest Muslim-majority country in the world, this book is an important contribution to the existing literature on the topic. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, sociology, and gender studies.


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