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Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam: Leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves

Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam: Leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves

Smith, Bianca J.
Woodward, Mark

Hardcover

Series: ASAA Women in Asia

IslamGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415643589
ISBN13: 9780415643580
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 21 2013
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

This book is the first to explore understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren (traditional Islamic boarding schools) and Sufi orders in Indonesia. Pesantren are crucial centres of Muslim learning and culture within Indonesia and this book demonstrates how Muslim women rise to positions of power and authority in this patriarchal domain, challenging and negotiating normative Muslim patriarchy while establishing their own Muslim authenticity. The book explores female leadership, power, feminisms and sexuality to reveal that pesantren and Sufi orders are not only centres of learning, but also social spaces in which the interplay of gender, politics, status, power and piety shape the course of life.

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