Description |
xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
ASAA women in Asia series |
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ASAA women in Asia series.
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Contents |
Pt. I. Theoretical and historical background -- 1. Missing images : approaching Indonesian women's activism -- 2. Emergence of a women's movement : nationalism and women's rights in Indonesia, 1900-1949 -- Pt. II. Women's mobilization in the 1950s : the national level -- 3. The promise of independence : women's mobilization in a new nation-state -- 4. Addressing practical gender interests : women's organizations' socio-economic activities -- 5. Representing women in a new democracy : women's organizations and national politics -- 6. Confronting the state : the fight for a marriage law -- Pt. III. Challenging the national-level perspective -- 7. Women's international interests : representing gender and nation at the international level -- 8. Unity in diversity : women's regional interests in 1950s Indonesia -- 9. Conclusion - constructing womanhood in a new nation-state : Indonesian women's experiences of independence and democracy in the 1950s |
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App. Women's organizations of the 1950s |
Summary |
"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. Among other things, this work discusses women's organizations and their activities; women's social and economic roles; and different cultural, regional and ethnic attitudes towards women."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-260) and index |
Subject |
Women -- Political activity -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Author |
Asian Studies Association of Australia.
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LC no. |
2004011919 |
ISBN |
0415308380 |
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