Women, Islam and Modernity : Single Women, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Contemporary Indonesia
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
ASAA Women in Asia Series
ISBN-10
0415329299
ISBN-13
9780415329293
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 14th, 2005
Print length
206 Pages
Weight
452 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 23.60 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Regional studiesReligion: generalIslamCultural studiesGender studies: women
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This book examines how the cultural context influences the way in which young single women approach courtship, and issues of sexuality and reproductive health.
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.
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