Women, Islam and modernity : single women, sexuality and reproductive health in contemporary Indonesia / Linda Rae Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Linda Rae.

Series:

ASAA women in Asia series

Women in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single women--Indonesia.

Single women.

Single women--Indonesia--Social conditions.

Sexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Islam.

Sexual abstinence.

Social conditions.

Indonesia--Social life and customs.

Indonesia.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xx, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

Summary:

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 autonomy. This book challenges this simplified view of Islam. Based on original fieldwork in Eastern Indonesia, the book explores the complex factors which affect how young Indonesian women form their sexual subjectivity, discusses the conditions under which they repress or express their sexuality, and examines how the cultural context, including other factors besides Islam, influences the way 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. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

Cultural constructions of sexuality and gender

Maiden bodies : inscriptions of femininity and desire

Premarital relationships and contemporary courtship practices

Indigenous sexual scripts and social transition

Women's health and maiden identities

Reproductive rights for single women.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-180) and index.

ISBN:

0415329299

OCLC:

55625073