Women and households in Indonesia : Cultural notions and social practices
Author
Additional Author(s)
Koning, Juliette
Publisher
Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000
Language
English
ISBN
0700711562
Series
NIAS Studies in Asian Topics
Subject(s)
WOMEN-INDONESIA-SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Notes
Glossary: p. 345-349
. Bibliography: p. 315-344. Index: p. 352-354
Abstract
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.
