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Informationen zum Autor Ann R. Tickamyer is a professor of rural sociology and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. She is the coeditor of "Communities of Work: Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts!" also from Ohio University Press. Siti Kusujiarti is a professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology! Warren Wilson College! Asheville! North Carolina. She is the author of numerous publications on rural poverty! inequality! gender! work! and development. Klappentext Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. In some ways, women have high status and broad access to resources, but other situations suggest that Javanese women lack real power and autonomy. Javanese women have major responsibilities in supporting their families and controlling household finances. "Power, Change, and Gender Relations in Rural Java "examines this contradiction as well as sources of stability and change in contemporary Javanese gender relations. The authors conducted their research in two rural villages in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, during three important historical and political periods: the end of the New Order regime; the transitional period of reformation; and the subsequent establishment of a democratic government. Zusammenfassung Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. This book examines this contradiction as well as sources of stability and change in contemporary Javanese gender relations.
