leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Smith, Bianca J. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Woodward, Mark > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- ZO AZ 8 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- islam, religie, spiritualiteit, feminisme, onderwijs, huwelijken, kinderen, seksualiteit, Indonesië
- Description
- The traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren are crucial centres of Muslim learning and culture within Indonesia. This book explores understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren and Sufi orders in Indonesia. It demonstrates how, as Muslim women rise to positions of power and authority in this patriarchal domain, they challenge and negotiate 'normative' Muslim patriarchy while establishing their own Muslim 'authenticity.' The book goes on to question the comparison of Indonesian Islam with the Arab Middle East, challenging the adoption of expatriate and diasporic Middle Eastern Muslim feminist discourses and secular western feminist analyses in Indonesian contexts.