Book Summary
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.
Book Details
| Book Name | Gender, Islam, Nationalism And The State In Aceh: The Paradox Of Power, Co-Optation And Resistance |
| Author | Jacqueline Aquino Siapno, J. Siapno, Siapno Jaquelin |
| Publisher | Routledge/curzon (Oct 2002) |
| ISBN | 9780700715138 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 9224 |
