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Author Jones, Gavin W.

Title Marriage and divorce in Islamic South-East Asia / Gavin W. Jones
Published Kuala Lumpur ; Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description xvii, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series South-East Asian social science monographs
South-East Asian social science monographs.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Social, Economic, and Legal Context: Influences on Traditional Culture -- 3. Trends in Marriage Timing in Islamic South-East Asia -- 4. Influences on Age at Marriage -- 5. Marriage Dissolution: Widowhood, Divorce, and Remarriage -- 6. Influences on Stability of First Marriage -- 7. Polygyny: Trends and Influences -- 8. The Effect of Changing Marriage Patterns on Fertility -- 9. Conclusions
Summary The study draws heavily on historical and ethnographic sources, as well as the author's own fieldwork and extensive experience within the region. The result is a fascinating account of changes in marriage and divorce patterns in a region experiencing rapid economic and social development
This is the first comprehensive study of trends in marriage and divorce in the world's largest Islamic population, that of South-East Asia, covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand, and parts of the Philippines. The study draws together elusive data to provide a comprehensive picture of time trends and of differentials in marriage and divorce within this region. These trends are distinctive: since the 1950s, age at marriage for females has risen sharply, age differences between spouses have narrowed, and divorce rates have fallen markedly from very high levels to levels well below those in Western countries. The study sets these trends within the context of the pre-Islamic situation in the region, the effects of the coming of Islam, and more recent political, social, economic, and legal changes which have influenced the family and marriage patterns
Analysis Marriage
South-East Asia
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [322]-341
Subject Divorce (Islamic law) -- Southeast Asia.
Islamic marriage customs and rites -- Southeast Asia.
Malays (Asian people) -- Marriage customs and rites -- Southeast Asia.
Malays (Asian people) -- Marriage customs and rites.
Malays (Asian people) -- Social life and customs.
Malays (Asian people) -- Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs.
Marriage (Islamic law) -- Southeast Asia.
Muslims -- Marriage customs and rites -- Southeast Asia.
Muslims -- Southeast Asia -- Marriage customs and rites.
Muslims -- Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs.
SUBJECT Asia, Southeastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008627 -- Religious life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007603
LC no. 93038170
ISBN 9676530476