TY - BOOK
T1 - Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia : Disputing the Muslim Body
AU - Van Wichelen, Sonja
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - For the past decade, the topic of "Islam and democracy" has been intensely debated among public intellectuals, religious scholars, politicians and aca- demics. The overall rallying point has been whether to consider Islam as being compatible with liberal democracy. In these heated discursive conten- tions, gender issues and sexual politics have been at the forefront of either confi rming or rejecting this thesis. Looking at how Islam affects women's lives and women's rights, research inquiries have centered on two interlock- ing questions, namely whether Islam restrains women's freedom and mobil- ity (is Islam bad for women?) and whether Islam is compatible with liberal democracy or liberal movements such as feminism (is Islam bad for feminism?).
AB - For the past decade, the topic of "Islam and democracy" has been intensely debated among public intellectuals, religious scholars, politicians and aca- demics. The overall rallying point has been whether to consider Islam as being compatible with liberal democracy. In these heated discursive conten- tions, gender issues and sexual politics have been at the forefront of either confi rming or rejecting this thesis. Looking at how Islam affects women's lives and women's rights, research inquiries have centered on two interlock- ing questions, namely whether Islam restrains women's freedom and mobil- ity (is Islam bad for women?) and whether Islam is compatible with liberal democracy or liberal movements such as feminism (is Islam bad for feminism?).
KW - Indonesia
KW - politics and government
KW - religion
KW - social conditions
KW - women
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/509224
UR - http://ezproxy.uws.edu.au/login?url=http://www.myilibrary.com?id=262933
U2 - 10.4324/9780203850657
DO - 10.4324/9780203850657
M3 - Authored Book
SN - 9780203850657
BT - Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia : Disputing the Muslim Body
PB - Routledge
CY - U.K
ER -