Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java : a tale of two villages /

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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 su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tickamyer, Ann R.
Otros Autores: Kusujiarti, Siti
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 125.
Temas:
Women, Javanese > Social conditions > Case studies.
Rural women > Indonesia > Java > Social conditions > Case studies.
Sex role > Indonesia > Java > Case studies.
Javanaises > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Rôle selon le sexe > Indonésie > Java > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Rural women > Social conditions
Sex role
Indonesia > Java
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 246 pages)
ISBN:9780896804807
0896804801

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