| Description |
xiv, 255 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Gender, Culture and History -- Bilaterality in South East Asia -- Malay Bilaterality -- Islam Within Different Cultural Traditions -- Malay Adat and Islam -- The Historical Method in the Study of Gender -- Contemporary History and the Ethnographic Method -- 2. The State in Early Malay History -- Origins of Adat-Istiadat of the Malay State -- Classifications and Perspectives of the Pre-Colonial Malay State -- The Hikayat as a Source of Malay Social History -- The Creation of Malay Dynasties -- Melaka Before the Malays -- The Hikayat and Women of the Court -- 3. Adat as Ideology and Practice -- Adat and Islam in Early Malay History -- Adat Perpatih and Adat Temenggung -- The Language of Adat and Islam -- Malay Social Relations in Adat and Islam -- The Moral Polity -- 4. Party Politics, Voluntary Movements and the Formal Construction of Power -- Islamic Education as the basis of Malay Female Literacy -- Women, Nationalism and Politics -- Secular Education and the Development of Female Leadership in Political Parties -- Participation in Voluntary Organizations -- Government Inputs and Strategies for Female Leadership -- Female Leadership in Islamic Political Parties -- Reflections of History -- 5. Contemporary Adat and Islam in a Malay Village: Gender Relationships and Power -- The Village of Mawang at the Seberang Perai-Kedah Border -- Women, the Household Economy and Land -- The Kindred Group and Status Ranking -- Marriage Patterns and Preferences -- Polygyny and Divorce -- Sexual Relations Between Spouses -- Pregnancy, Child-birth and Child-care -- Child-rearing and Socialization -- Social Relations in the Village and Town -- 6. Islamic Revivalism, Gender and Power -- The Islamic Movement in Malaysia -- Dakwa and Conflicts Between Youth and Elders in the Village -- 7. Conclusion -- The Gender of Politics and Public Life -- Islam in Culture -- Malaysian Islamic Revivalism as Anti-Westernization Rather Than Anti-Adat -- Cultural Splitting Through Westernization and Revivalism -- Culture in the Short and the Long Term |
| Analysis |
Islam Social aspects Malaysia |
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Men Malaysia Attitudes |
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Sex role Religious aspects Islam |
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Social values |
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Women Malaysia |
| Notes |
Cover title: Women & culture |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [233]-245 |
| Subject |
Islam -- Social aspects -- Malaysia.
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Men -- Malaysia -- Attitudes.
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Social values.
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Women -- Malaysia.
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| LC no. |
91033340 |
| ISBN |
0813385199 (alk. paper) |
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