The Women's Movement in Postcolonial Indonesia

Gender and Nation in a New Democracy

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Civil Rights, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
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Author: Elizabeth Martyn ISBN: 9781134394692
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 10, 2004
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Martyn
ISBN: 9781134394692
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 10, 2004
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of democratization for women and their relationship to national sovereignty within the new Indonesian state, and discusses women's organizations and their activities; women's social and economic roles; and the different cultural, regional and ethnic attitudes towards women, while showing the failure of political change to fully address women's gender interests and needs. The author argues that both the role of nationalism in defining gender identity and the role of gender in defining national identity need equal recognition.

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This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of democratization for women and their relationship to national sovereignty within the new Indonesian state, and discusses women's organizations and their activities; women's social and economic roles; and the different cultural, regional and ethnic attitudes towards women, while showing the failure of political change to fully address women's gender interests and needs. The author argues that both the role of nationalism in defining gender identity and the role of gender in defining national identity need equal recognition.

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