Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh: The Paradox of Power, Co-optation and Resistance
, by Siapno,Jaqueline AquinoNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780700715138 | 0700715134
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/25/2002
This book sets out to open up the space for interpretation of history and politics in Aceh which is now in a state of armed rebellion against the Indonesian government. It lays out a groundwork for analysing how female agency is constituted in Aceh, in a complex interplay of indigenous matrifocality, Islamic belief and practices, state terror, and political violence. Analysts of the current conflict in Aceh have tended to focus on present events. Siapno provides a historical analysis of power, co-optation, and resistance in Aceh and links it to broader comparative studies of gender, Islam, and the state in Muslim communities throughout the world.