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Author Blackburn, Susan, 1947-

Title Women and the state in modern Indonesia / Susan Blackburn
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
Contents State gender ideologies and the women's movement -- Education -- Early marriage -- Citizenship -- Polygamy -- Motherhood -- Economic exploitation -- Violence
Summary In the first study of the kind, Susan Blackburn examines how Indonesian women have engaged with the state since they began to organise 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 on women of recent changes to the state, such as Indonesia's transition to democracy and the election of its first female president. The wider context is important. 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.--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Indonesia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Feminism -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism
Politics and government
Women -- Social conditions
Vrouwenbeweging.
Staat (politicologie)
SUBJECT Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065760
Subject Indonesia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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