Overview
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.
- | Author: Jaqueline Aquino Siapno
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 262 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1138974978
- | ISBN-13: 9781138974975
