Power, Change, and Gender Relations in Rural Java: A Tale of Two Villages: 125 (Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series) - Softcover

Tickamyer, Ann R.; Kusujiarti, Siti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896802841 ISBN 13: 9780896802841

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Women’s status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. In some ways, women have high status and broad access to resources, but other situations suggest that Javanese women lack real power and autonomy. Javanese women have major responsibilities in supporting their families and controlling household finances. They may also own and manage their own property. Yet these symbols and potential sources of independence and influence are determined by a culturally prescribed, state-reinforced, patriarchal gender ideology that limits women’s autonomy. Power, Change, and Gender Relations in Rural Java examines this contradiction as well as sources of stability and change in contemporary Javanese gender relations.
The authors conducted their research in two rural villages in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, during three important historical and political periods: the end of the New Order regime; the transitional period of reformation; and the subsequent establishment of a democratic government. Their collaboration brings a unique perspective, analyzing how gender is constructed and reproduced and how power is exercised as Indonesia faces the challenges of building a new social order.

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About the Authors

Ann R. Tickamyer is a professor of rural sociology and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. She is the coeditor of Communities of Work: Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts, also from Ohio University Press.

Siti Kusujiarti is a professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina. She is the author of numerous publications on rural poverty, inequality, gender, work, and development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896802841
• ISBN 13: 9780896802841
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246