Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia: Negotiating Public Spaces

In this insightful book, Eka Srimulyani provides a new look at the role of women in Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia. Women at these traditional schools, called pesantren, play a significant role in the shaping of gender relations in the Indonesian Muslim community, and have not, until...

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Main Author: Srimulyani, Eka (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2012]
Series:IIAS Publications 8
Online Access:DE-859
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Summary:In this insightful book, Eka Srimulyani provides a new look at the role of women in Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia. Women at these traditional schools, called pesantren, play a significant role in the shaping of gender relations in the Indonesian Muslim community, and have not, until recently, garnered as much attention in the academic community as they undoubtedly deserve. This deeply informative study offers a new perspective on why Muslim feminism has found a powerful foothold in Indonesia, and it creates a vivid portrait of the lives of pesantren
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9789048516216
DOI:10.1515/9789048516216

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