Indonesian Women in Focus / edited by E. Locher-Scholten and A. Niehof.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Locher-Scholten, E., editor.

Niehof, A., editor.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 127.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 127

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Indonesia--Congresses.

Sex role.

Women--Indonesia--Congresses.

Women.

Women--Indonesia--Social conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains a selection from the papers presented at an interdisciplinary symposium on 'Images and ideas concerning women and the feminine in the Indonesian archipelago', organized in 1984 by the Werkgroep lndonesische Vrouwenstudies (WIVS), a Dutch interdisciplinary study group on Indonesian women. In the present volume, now in its second printing, notions about women in Indonesia in past and present are treated in relation to their actual positions. The articles deal with cultural definitions of sex roles and their social implications, and thus link up with the current academic interest in gender studies. The contributions occupy varying positions on an imaginary scale ranging from an approach primarily concerned with underlying cultural principles to one focused on the social context. Some show a clearly 'culturalist' approach, dealing with female symbols in Balinese offerings, female figures in Indonesian agricultural myths, and Tolaki views on procreation and production. The contributions on the images of women in Indonesian literature, views on the prostitute in colonial society, and the position of women in marriage in Madura and the Minahasa more or less take an intermediate position. The 'sociological' approach may be found in the contributions on the life of the educational pioneer Rahmah EI Yunusiya, on Indonesian-Chinese women, on priyayi women at the Central Javanese courts and in modern Jakarta, and on women's labor in pre-war and present-day Java. Recurring themes, such as sexual dualism, 'ibuism', and the questions of female power and authority, create unity in the diversity of regions and topics represented.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and Anke Niehof

Preface / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and Anke Niehof

Introduction / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and Anke Niehof

Spirited Srikandhis and sly Sumbadras / Peter Carey and Vincent Houben

Ibuism and Priyayization: Path to Power? / Madelon Djajadiningrat-Nieuwenhuis

The Life of Rankayo Rahmah el Yunusiya / Cora Vreede-de Stuers

The Making of the Indonesian Chinese Woman / Myra Sidharta

Female Labour in Twentieth Century Java / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten

Tea-Pickers in West Java as Mothers and Workers / Mies Grijns

Skin Disease, Female Ancestry and Crops / Roy E. Jordaan

The Cili and Other Female Images in Bali / Francine Brinkgreve

The Tolaki Female Gender in Procreation and Production / Dinah Bergink

Madurese Women as Brides and Wives / Anke Niehof

The Marriage of Minahasa Women in the Period 1861-1933 / Sita van Bemmelen

Prostitution: A Necessary Evil, Particularly in the Colonies / Liesbeth Hesselink

The Image of Women in Minangkabau Fiction / Els Postel-Coster

Rape in Two Indonesian Pop Novels / Tineke Hellwig

Biographical Notes on the Contributors / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and Anke Niehof

Index / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and Anke Niehof.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Indonesian Women in Focus.

ISBN:

9789004488816

OCLC:

1337947875

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004488816 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.