Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java : a tale of two villages / Ann R. Tickamyer and Siti Kusujiarti.

By:

Tickamyer, Ann R

Contributor(s):

Kusujiarti, Siti

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 125.Publication details: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 246 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780896804807
0896804801

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java.DDC classification:

305.409598/2 23

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HQ1754.J39 T53 2011eb

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Contents:

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Like Our Own Mother; Chapter 2: Two Villages in Yogyakarta; Chapter 3: Goats and Doves; Chapter 4: Gender and Agricultural Production; Chapter 5: Involuntary Voluntary Service; Chapter 6: Men's Rib; Notes; References; Index.

Summary: Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. In some ways, women have high status and broad access to resources, but other situations suggest that Javanese women lack real power and autonomy. Javanese women have major responsibilities in supporting their families and controlling household finances. They may also own and manage their own property. Yet these symbols and potential sources of independence and influence are determined by a culturally prescribed, state-reinforced, patriarchal gender ideology that limits women's autonomy. Power,

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Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. In some ways, women have high status and broad access to resources, but other situations suggest that Javanese women lack real power and autonomy. Javanese women have major responsibilities in supporting their families and controlling household finances. They may also own and manage their own property. Yet these symbols and potential sources of independence and influence are determined by a culturally prescribed, state-reinforced, patriarchal gender ideology that limits women's autonomy. Power,

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