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Women and the state in modern Indonesia

Title: Women and the state in modern Indonesia / Susan Blackburn.
Author: Blackburn, Susan, 1947-
Publication: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Description

x, 257 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In the first study of the kind, Susan Blackburn examines how Indonesian women have engaged with the state since they began to organize a century ago. Voices from the women's movement resound in these pages, posing demands such as education for girls and reform of marriage laws. The state, for its part, is shown attempting to control women. The book investigates the outcomes of these mutual claims and the power of the state and the women's movement in improving women's lives. It also questions the effects of women of recent changes to the state, such as Indonesia's transition to democracy and the election of its first female president." "On some issues, like reproductive health, international institutions have been influential, and as the largest Islamic society in the world, Indonesia offers special insights into the role of religion in shaping relations between women and the state."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

State gender ideologies and the women's movement -- Education -- Early marriage -- Citizenship -- Polygamy -- Motherhood -- Economic exploitation -- Violence.

ISBN

0521842255
9780521842259

LCCN

2005280597
99809651071

OCLC

ocm57202230
57202230
SCSB-1352641

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library