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Record Nr.

UNISA996204773503316

Autore

Arimbi Diah Ariani

Titolo

Reading contemporary Indonesian Muslim women writers [[electronic resource] ] : representation, identity and religion of Muslim women in Indonesian fiction / / Diah Ariani Arimbi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40184-X

9786612401848

90-485-0816-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

ICAS publications series. Monographs

Disciplina

305.409

800

899.22

Soggetti

Indonesian literature - Women authors

Indonesian literature - Muslim authors

Muslim women in literature

Women in Islam

Indonesian fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Contemporary Issues of Women and Islam in Muslim Societies; 2. Gender Issues and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia; 3. Women Writers in the Indonesian Literary Tradition; 4. Authors, Their Worlds and the Female Traditions; 5. Representation, Identity and Religion: Images of Muslim Women, Their Lives and Struggles in Fiction (Part I); 6. Representation, Identity and Religion: Images of Muslim Women, Their Lives and Struggles in Fiction (Part II); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first study to discuss the construction of gender and Islamic identities in the works of contemporary Indonesian Muslim female writers