Indonesian Islam in a New Era: How Women Negotiate Their Muslim Identities: 66 (Monash Papers on Southeast Asia) - Softcover

Susan Blackburn; Bianca Smith; Siti Syamsiyatun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1876924543 ISBN 13: 9781876924546

Publisher: Monash University Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Indonesian Islam in a New Era examines the religious practices and identities of Indonesian Muslim women in the post-Suharto era. After 1998, Indonesian Islam changed socially and nationally as society underwent sweeping alterations. Based on new empirical research by sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists from Indonesia and Australia, the book underscores the negotiations Muslim women have made in arenas such as schools, organizations, popular culture, and village life. Whereas theology has until recently dominated studies of women and Islam in Indonesia, this book breaks new ground by examining, from social science perspectives, how Indonesian women negotiate their Muslim identities.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Blackburn is Associate Professor in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne.

About this edition

• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1876924543
• ISBN 13: 9781876924546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212