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Women and Households in Indonesia: Cultural Notions and Social Practices

Women and Households in Indonesia: Cultural Notions and Social Practices

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Series: Nias Studies in Asian Topics, Book 27

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0700711562
ISBN13: 9780700711567
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 27 2000
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.29 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.48
Language: English

Critically examines the usefulness of the 'household; concept within the historically and culturally diverse context of Indonesia, exploring in detail the position of women within and beyond domestic arrangements. So far, classical household and kinship studies have not studied how women deal with two major forces which shape and define their world: local kinship traditions, and the universalising ideology of the Indonesian regime, which both provide prescriptions and prohibitions concerning family, marriage, and womanhood. Women are caught between these conflicting notions and practices. How they challenge or accommodate such forces is the main issue in this book.

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