Pious Girls - Young Muslim Women in Indonesia

This book examines young Muslim women's groups in Indonesia to show how a new type of young Muslim woman is emerging: pious and loyal to traditional Muslim ideas, whilst at the same time entrepreneurial, comfortable with the world of neoliberal capitalism, living modern, middle class urban lives and above all assertive and forward-looking.

List of contents

Contents
List of Figures
Glossary
Transcription Notes
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Young Muslim Women Coming into the Light
Chapter 1 Reconfiguring the Ideal Young Muslim Woman
Chapter 2 Gaining Visibility, Occupying Visuality
Chapter 3 The 'Muslimwoman' and Self-transformation
Chapter 4 Be Entrepreneurial! The Productive Pious Feminine Subject in Neoliberal Indonesia
Coda: Being Young Muslim Women in the Midst of Change
Index

About the author

Annisa R. Beta is a lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Annisa R. Beta, Annisa R. (Dr. Annisa R Beta Beta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032444246
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244424-6
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Islam, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Religion: general, South East Asia, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, women;muslim women;islam;Indonesia;Asia