Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh

Name: Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Provides a historical, ethnographic, literary, and politico- economic analysis of gendered struggles for power, Islamic identity, nationalism, militancy, activism, and piety in Aceh. > 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. > 1. Power, Hegemony, and Agency: The Ambiguity of Women's Political Subjectivity in Aceh 2. Women's Political Agency in a Region of Armed Conflict 3.e