Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java [[electronic resource] ] : a tale of two villages / / Ann R. Tickamyer and Siti Kusujiarti

• Autore: Tickamyer Ann R
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.409598/2
• Soggetto topico: Women, Javanese - Social conditions; Rural women - Indonesia - Java - Social conditions; Sex role - Indonesia - Java
• Altri autori: KusujiartiSiti
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Like Our Own Mother; Chapter 2: Two Villages in Yogyakarta; Chapter 3: Goats and Doves; Chapter 4: Gender and Agricultural Production; Chapter 5: Involuntary Voluntary Service; Chapter 6: Men's Rib; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java
• ISBN: 0-89680-480-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790264103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in international studies. . -Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 125.