Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh - The Paradox of Power, Co-optation and Resistance

Provides a historical, ethnographic, literary, and politico- economic analysis of gendered struggles for power, Islamic identity, nationalism, militancy, activism, and piety in Aceh.

List of contents

1. Power, Hegemony, and Agency: The Ambiguity of Women's Political Subjectivity in Aceh 2. Women's Political Agency in a Region of Armed Conflict 3. Gender and the Problem of Power in History and Historiography 4.The Poetics of Space and Representation: Women in Traditional Manuscript Literature 5. Women in Oral Traditions and Indigenous Belief Systems 6. The Sacred and the Political: Piety and Militancy in Aceh 7. The Unhappy Marriage of Islam, Nation and State

About the author

Jacqueline Aquino Siapno was born and raised in Pangasinan, Philippines. She completed her B.A. degree at Wellesley College and her Ph.D degree at the University of California-Berkeley. She is currently Lecturer in Political Science and the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne

Summary

Provides a historical, ethnographic, literary, and politico- economic analysis of gendered struggles for power, Islamic identity, nationalism, militancy, activism, and piety in Aceh.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Aquino Siapno, Jaqueline Aquino Siapno, Siapno Jaqueline Aquino
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780700715138
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1513-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Weight: 640 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Asian History, Indonesia, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, War and defence operations, War & defence operations